I worked for a company that for many years squandered the cash cow to buy failing technology companies in the hope they did better. The bloat was real. People playing ping pong, people doing something, but it wasnâ(TM)t work or at least work of any value. Our stock lingered in the $28-32 range for at least 1 if not 2 decades.

We get bought out. Layoffs come. No one plays ping pong any more. All the low value work still gets done.

My CEO says someone told him he runs a big company. He objected, âoeI donâ(TM)t want to run a big company. I want to run a small company. Intel is a big company. They have 5-6x employees, but their market cap is 1/2 ours.â Gone went many groups. A couple of good, more bad ones gone. We went from sales driven to product driven. Sales people wonâ(TM)t make 1M a year anymore, but they will make a very good living for a long time. Very little turnover.

The company that bought us saw the bloat, and cut it and management is great. Itâ(TM)s not perfect. But a lot better than the âoefeel good, poor managementâ we had before.

At the end of the day, Meta, Google, etc., way over hired. And they will have to adjust.

I want to start a church like Al Bundy.

Thatâ(TM)s the entire focus of government. You own nothing. House paid off? Try not paying taxes and see how long you âoeownâ it. You are simply paying rent by another name.

You do know Manchin has a D next to his name, right?

I have often wondered why companies would host their business critical IP in the public cloud. Security issues abound. At least if it is behind a corporate firewall, there are multiple barriers to get to the Crown Jewels.

Must be one of those vast right wing conspiracies, right?
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Found the union shill

I, as a right leaning libertarian, can't agree more. The republicans should be taking the lead on this and saying it is a freedom. They shouldn't be for taxing the individual gambler but be for taxing the profits of the company who runs the site, just like Vegas.

I have been to both Dell and Perot headquarters.

I ran into Ross (Sr.) in the lunch room. The entire HQ on Plano Parkway might as well be a history museum.

Contrast that with Dell's clinical feel.

It will be interesting.

They also have other markets, including health care. That was the group I was working with when they were one of my customers.

Me, too.

I am pretty sure that's not the case. Mike Doogan, I believe, used to be a columnist for the Anchorage Daily News. It's been a long time since I lived there, so I could be wrong, but I believe that's the case.

With his connections at the paper and some reasonable investigation skills (or hiring someone), it would be possible to find out who they are.

I'll take it...

I sold my Dual Processor G5 for $1800 after owning it for 2 years. I paid $2000 for it. That's a pretty low cost of ownership, if you ask me.