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Disney: this isn't surprising. I don't think people realize how bureaucratically corporate Disney is, almost a parody at the level of "Brazil". They are a good
by pinewurst 10y ago
Disney: this isn't surprising. I don't think people realize how bureaucratically corporate Disney is, almost a parody at the level of "Brazil". They are a good employer though if one finds a happy place there with excellent benefits.
QNX: a lovely embedded and even service OS. I used it for encryption and stream management in a game-cartridge-over cable-TV headend. They also included a bag of chocolate chip cookies in the box. :)
Microsoft: I remember the agonizing (and multiply failed) Hotmail transition from Unix to Windows after the acquisition. I was working for a vendor called in to assist and the status meetings were a slow motion car wreck.
- kevin_thibedeau 10y ago> They are a good employer though if one finds a happy place there with excellent benefits. As long as you don't work in IT.
- pinewurst 10y agoNot disagreeing - I interviewed for a position there and asked about the outsourcing effort and results. The senior manager was awfully defensive about it.
- derefr 10y ago> game-cartridge-over cable-TV headend PlayCable or Sega Channel? :)
- pinewurst 10y agoIt was a dead branch in the evolution of Sega Channel relating to XBAND. I felt like I had to enter the Witness Protection Program soon after. :)
- bluedino 10y ago>> the agonizing (and multiply failed) Hotmail transition from Unix to Windows Can you share more? I was fascinated by Hotmail and the documents Microsoft published about the transition made it seem like it went very well.
- pinewurst 10y agoI'm afraid that I don't remember much after all this time but MS was of course lying through its collective teeth. I didn't write this, but it matches what I saw close up: http://jimbojones.livejournal.com/23143.html http://jimbojones.livejournal.com/23143.html