david, at 20:56 on May 21 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> That explains the yum-cha nasties, but what about NetComm and Interlink,
BG> both of whom have been making modems for so long now that they should be
BG> more than capable of writing decent controller code?

db> Two words: staff turn-over.

I have another two words, but I'm far too polite to mention them.

db> Besides, I know one of the guys who used to write the controller code for 
db> NetComm modems - I'd worked with him on programming projects before and had 
db> seen his coding "style" .. it certainly explained some of the wierd 
db> behaviour exhibited by NetComm modems.  ;-)

Is he the cretin who was responsible for the monumental Series 3 fuck-up
where they attempted to negotiate BTLZ over MNP4, by any chance?  :)

Regards, Bill

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