Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Joy of *small* business Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:44:41 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <1e7e002e-d72d-5bfc-5ba9-afa7ff7ce78e@example.net> References: <998225ad-dc63-23f8-4e4b-92e76ec29636@example.net> <0186e59b-8801-2a6a-c38c-dc4bbddc86cc@example.net> <19ebc64d-c683-a046-e19b-9cdc51c81226@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3113893"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62506 On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 12/15/24 5:10 PM, D wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 14:08:24 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote: >>> >>>> My boss and I looked out and saw that there were no engineer jobs >>>> available in town; LM Ericsson had just closed their US Internet group >>>> and put 300 Internet engineers on the street. So he asked if I would be >>>> willing to join him in a startup. >>> >>> A friend got caught in the Marconi to Ericcson transition. It was fun >>> while it lasted. >>> >> >> Ahh Ericsson... the only company on the planet that makes the government >> look and feel like a startup with hipsters! > > Hey - Nordic - a different way of thinking. > Don't be a bigot now :-) > >> A complete mystery to me that they are still around. > > Because they still have something to offer. > > Erlang is still around and used - readily had for > Linux. An unusual paradigm, but you CAN do stuff. Didn't they get rid of Erlang? I thought Armstrong purchased or acquired it from Ericsson and became a very wealthy man. He actually gave a guest lecture at my university. I still remember him.