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Ancient IBM wisdom (from 1979) that the bosses just straight up promptly forgot (infosec.pub)

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Apparently a page from an internal IBM training manual. Some further attempts at source it

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

IBM in 1979 was the polar opposite of hippie or liberal. You're thinking of later, younger outfits, Pirates of Silicon Valley types. IBM was white shirt, black tie, solidly stuck in their ways.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Pirates of Silicon Valley types

Who universally became assholes.