Comments on: End of an era http://vadept.com/2009/03/18/end-of-an-era Random thoughts from a rpg-playing gun-wielding geek Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dan http://vadept.com/2009/03/18/end-of-an-era/comment-page-1#comment-1376 Dan Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:20:38 +0000 http://www.vadept.com/?p=171#comment-1376 Awww. :-( Awww. :-(

]]> By: Twist http://vadept.com/2009/03/18/end-of-an-era/comment-page-1#comment-1372 Twist Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:16:44 +0000 http://www.vadept.com/?p=171#comment-1372 wow. this really hit home. Working in IT for ADT my job was to go in and build out offices with pbx/network or tearing them down. Through all the acquisitions we finally moved out of our old main building which I had spent so many years working in. I was the very last person in the building before we turned over the keys. I just stood looking at it all empty. Very sad moment. wow. this really hit home. Working in IT for ADT my job was to go in and build out offices with pbx/network or tearing them down. Through all the acquisitions we finally moved out of our old main building which I had spent so many years working in. I was the very last person in the building before we turned over the keys. I just stood looking at it all empty. Very sad moment.

]]> By: saintneko http://vadept.com/2009/03/18/end-of-an-era/comment-page-1#comment-1371 saintneko Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:52:00 +0000 http://www.vadept.com/?p=171#comment-1371 And your server's about the only good thing that came out of InReach. It's about time that doddering old duct-tape n' baling wire operation went the way of the modem. And your server’s about the only good thing that came out of InReach. It’s about time that doddering old duct-tape n’ baling wire operation went the way of the modem.

]]> By: David D http://vadept.com/2009/03/18/end-of-an-era/comment-page-1#comment-1370 David D Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:59:19 +0000 http://www.vadept.com/?p=171#comment-1370 There are definitely some memories at Georgetown, and at Coronado, and a handful at Franklin. It was an amazing opportunity for all of us to learn, grow, lead, make mistakes, and watch the rise and fall of dot-com with a front-row seat. I'll never forget the time I convinced USR to send us over $50,000 in co-op marketing funds, or selling products that hadn't quite been developed yet, the heated battles between sales and IT, or sales and marketing, or sales and customer service, not to mention the monkey knife fights. Our experimental NNTP and IRC servers, the "home" server that started out on Josh's Macintosh, and copying install discs with the QuarterDeck Mosaic browser on my home PC. There were office romances that blew up in front of everyone's eyes, and a few success stories too. It was an amazing place to work -- and really, to grow up -- and seeing it die the way it did is a tragedy. Yeah, those were some times. Frank, I'm pretty sure I owe you at least one beer for all the shit I put you and the rest of IT through. Probably a whole case. Maybe we all need to go to the West Lane bowling alley one last time. There are definitely some memories at Georgetown, and at Coronado, and a handful at Franklin. It was an amazing opportunity for all of us to learn, grow, lead, make mistakes, and watch the rise and fall of dot-com with a front-row seat.

I’ll never forget the time I convinced USR to send us over $50,000 in co-op marketing funds, or selling products that hadn’t quite been developed yet, the heated battles between sales and IT, or sales and marketing, or sales and customer service, not to mention the monkey knife fights.

Our experimental NNTP and IRC servers, the “home” server that started out on Josh’s Macintosh, and copying install discs with the QuarterDeck Mosaic browser on my home PC. There were office romances that blew up in front of everyone’s eyes, and a few success stories too. It was an amazing place to work — and really, to grow up — and seeing it die the way it did is a tragedy.

Yeah, those were some times. Frank, I’m pretty sure I owe you at least one beer for all the shit I put you and the rest of IT through. Probably a whole case. Maybe we all need to go to the West Lane bowling alley one last time.

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