As I read the article, I couldn't believe he wasn't talking about WorldCom. Every point he made rung oddly familiar to me & my co-workers.
Through the application of same principles Cringely decries, a solid company has become rotten and sucked dry by the vampires of (un)professional managment.
No, the nice thing for WorldCom, is that they can break all the contracts they want, but you're still obliged to keep yours (unless you have some sneaky lawyer stuff in the contract that changes terms in case of bankruptcy).
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As I read the article, I couldn't believe he wasn't talking about WorldCom. Every point he made rung oddly familiar to me & my co-workers.
Through the application of same principles Cringely decries, a solid company has become rotten and sucked dry by the vampires of (un)professional managment.
Simple greed extended to a grandiose scale.
here's how to change it for nt/2000
windows2000faq
-advanced tab in adapter properties
linux
eepro100 list
-ifconfig eth0 hwaddr ether 00:11:22:33:44:55
this is exactly why microsoft's registration process uses a lot more than just the mac address.
No, the nice thing for WorldCom, is that they can break all the contracts they want, but you're still obliged to keep yours (unless you have some sneaky lawyer stuff in the contract that changes terms in case of bankruptcy).