17,000 people not shouting Boomed!

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darrenb replied

24 November 2011, 06:55
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

and his name will be Bob.

And he's on Facebook.

JR-Bob-Dobbs
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wobbegong replied

23 November 2011, 22:17
Originally posted by wobbegong View Post

Telegraph says 13% of the workforce

BBC says 23% of the workforce

It's the Telegraph!! They've now recalculated their figures and agree with the BBC's 23%.
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russell replied

23 November 2011, 16:27
Wouldn't like to be in networking, bench will be at breaking point.
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DimPrawn replied

23 November 2011, 16:25
Originally posted by PAH View Post

Eventually the whole internet will be on one server with one network guy running it.

and his name will be Bob.
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wobbegong replied

23 November 2011, 16:24
Someone can't count!

Telegraph says 13% of the workforce

BBC says 23% of the workforce
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PAH replied

23 November 2011, 16:22
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Must be a lot of people trying to access that page - It won't load for me!

Probably hosted on Nokia Siemens Network and they're now all on strike.

No surprise they're making loads redundant. Blame server virtualisation. Where it took a team to maintain 100 servers it now takes one person to maintain one server containing 100 virtual servers.

Eventually the whole internet will be on one server with one network guy running it.
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OwlHoot replied

23 November 2011, 16:15
Must be a lot of people trying to access that page - It won't load for me!
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DimPrawn started a topic 17,000 people not shouting Boomed!

23 November 2011, 15:28
17,000 people not shouting Boomed!

Nokia Siemens Networks to axe 17,000 jobs - Telegraph

Oh Dear. Is this to make way for more Bobs on ICTs?
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