Computer Center Humor

Todd E. Van Hoosear (vanhoose@lalaland.cl.msu.edu) Tue, 10 Jan 1995 15:33:29 -0500 (EST)


Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
From: everyman@too.many.sites.edu
Subject: Addition to Devil's DP Dictionary
Keywords: chuckle, computers, original
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 4:30:03 EST

Computing Center [n] In a University, that organization whose functions are 1) To impede wherever possible the development and usefulness of computing on the campus, 2) To gain the lion's share of funding, spend it largely on obolete and otherwise inappropriate Solutions, and convince the campuse(s) wherever possible to expend their meager funds on the same, and 3) to oppose vigorously any new, useful and popular technology for ten years or more until nearly everyone on the campus(es) and elsewhere in the world is using it, then to adopt that technology and immediately attempt to gain complete and sole control of it [see MS-DOS, UNIX, ETHERNET, INTERNET].

Name Witheld By Request <everyman@too.many.sites.edu>

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