I visited Dell in the mid-90s. Their offices were giant rooms full of cubicles housing sales people. Finance was in a similar room. Every quarter as they star

I visited Dell in the mid-90s. Their offices were giant rooms full of cubicles housing sales people. Finance was in a similar room. Every quarter as they started the process of rolling up the financial results these huge firedoors would roll down separating finance from the rest of the company. Probably just a show of secrecy but it was dramatic.