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Gripenet N. [IBM] A Wry (and Thoroughly Unofficial) Name For IBM's Internal VNET System
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gripenet n.
[IBM] A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name
for IBM's internal VNET system, deriving from its common use by
IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be
taboo in more formal channels.
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gripenet: [IBM] n. A wry (and thoroughly unofficial) name for IBM's internal VNET system
deriving from its common use by IBMers to voice pointed criticism of IBM management that would be taboo in more formal channels....
etrock /net'rok/ n. [IBM] A flame; used esp. on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
etrock: /net'rok/ [IBM] n. A {flame}; used esp. on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
IBM: Internal Beaurocratic Mess.
IBM: Innovation By Manageme
otwork /not'werk/ n. A network, when it is acting flaky or is down.
Compare nyetwork. S have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca....
otwork: /not'werk/ n. A network, when it is acting {flaky} or is {down}.
Compare {nyetwork}. Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca....
IBM discount: n. A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see {clone})
inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise....
IBM discount n. A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone)
inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise....