On 2025年11月10日 2:35:02 JST, Peter via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>From: ael via Dng <dng@???>
>Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 17:37:31 +0000
>> There used to be a "Computing Service" which employed real computer
>> scientists. There was also a corporate IT services who were full of
>> overpaid managers and administrators. Guess who took over the real
>> experts? At least that is my impression from a distance...
>
>The institutional environment. =8~/ The change you mention must have
>happened in many places.
>
>Until about 15 years ago the manager of the department where I work
>was technically qualified. B.Sc. or Registered Technologist.
>Susequently it's been human resources people. B.A. in psychology or
>some such.
>
>By coincidence, just heard a a story on CBC Radio about "Dollar-a-year men".
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dollar_salary#Dollar-a-year_men
>Brutally ironic that war allows competent management to displace
>stagnation.
>
>Look for alternatives to work around obstacles.
>
>Regards, ... P.
>
Hi Ael,
Are u sure openconnect client
is not working anymore?
I connected to a cisco vpn
a few days ago from an
openbsd box
<
https://www.infradead.org/openconnect/>
Maybe worth a re-try.
HTH
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