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Re:The void left by the parallel port by skrebbel on Friday May 06, 2016 @04:20AM (#11642471)
Hahaaha as someone from Eindhoven, where Philips did and still does most of its R&D, this is frighteningly recognizable.

The scary part is that most departments in Philips still prefer heavy processes over progress. I, for one, didn't last more than 6 weeks there.

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Re:The void left by the parallel port by billforsternz on Friday May 06, 2016 @05:22AM (#11642674)
We were working for the Telecommunications and Data Systems division in Hilversum. A tiny division by Philips standards, but huge relative to our lab in NZ.
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Re:The void left by the parallel port by skrebbel on Friday May 06, 2016 @05:33AM (#11642711)
Sure, but I bet the culture at Philips was similar :) thanks for the anecdotes! :)
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Re:The void left by the parallel port by billforsternz on Friday May 06, 2016 @06:10AM (#11642821)
Yes of course the Hilversum operation was no doubt a mini version of the huge R&D operations in Eindhoven. I did enjoy the company of the Dutch engineers. I think my phonetic Dutch pronunciation amused them. I think :)
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