On May 22, 1996 at 07:36, Bill Grimsley of 3:640/305.9 wrote:

 BG>> That explains the yum-cha nasties, but what about NetComm and
 BG>> Interlink, both of whom have been making modems for so long now
 BG>> that they should be more than capable of writing decent controller
 BG>> code?
 db>>
 db>> Two words: staff turn-over.
 BG>
 BG> I have another two words, but I'm far too polite to mention them.

Think about it for a second - say NetComm's tech staff *do* know what
they're doing, and start implementing the company's first V.32bis/V.42bis
modems, but for whatever reason leave before the job's done.

Managers don't know shit, so they just get in anyone else to finish the
job.  Result?  V.42bis running over MNP Class 4 instead of LAP-M.

(BTW, NetComm's documentation reckons that V.42bis/MNP4 is faster than
V.42bis/LAP-M anyway...)

 db>> Besides, I know one of the guys who used to write the controller code
 db>> for NetComm modems...
 BG>
 BG> Is he the cretin who was responsible for the monumental Series 3 fuck-up
 BG> where they attempted to negotiate BTLZ over MNP4, by any chance?  :)

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest since he was still working there at
the time - that's just the sort of joke he'd try to pull, too.  :-)

Cheers..

    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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