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Seconded! I worked on a SW-project there in the late 1980-ies (Moving the European Parliament from OSI to TCP/IP) and it was a strange and wonderful place inde
by phkamp 7y ago
Seconded!
I worked on a SW-project there in the late 1980-ies (Moving the European Parliament from OSI to TCP/IP) and it was a strange and wonderful place indeed.
And yes, very good food, I gained four kg in the first two months :-)
But there were absolutely no doubt anywhere that there were two classes of people: Italians and "Strangero" like me, and God help you if you did not understand Italian...
The sadness of Olivettis passing is somewhat tempered by the fact that Arduino grew from its ashes.
- CalChris 7y agoI only hung out with Italians and I was cheap English lessons. The other faction of foreigners, English tech writers, were very offish. I lived in San Francisco for 25 years and it's hilarious to watch what a self important high school reunion it has become. San Francisco wasn't always this way. I'm very happy for my time in Ivrea. That was quality of life.