‘Not the Nine O’Clock News’ and IT Support
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Support on October 30, 2008 at 11:40 am
In the classic sketch from ‘Not the Nine O’Clock News’ Mel Smith walks into the electrical retailers to buy a ‘Gramophone’, (when first broadcast in the early 1980’s) Mel’s character was about 30 years behind the times. The full effect of his ignorance of technology is played out showing how superior knowledge can be used to devastating effect against the uninitiated. The awkwardness of the situation is timeless. Read more
Windows XP - Invincible?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, IT strategy, Microsoft on October 8, 2008 at 11:53 am
So, the day of execution for Windows
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