Jeff Papows
Jeff Papows
alone couple ibm last left pressure
The first 3 years IBM left us alone and we made our milestones, ... But the last couple of years, as some IBM units struggled, we started to get pressure to do more back-end integration.
became career entire lab late less lotus publicly running skills spent time traded true
I'd spent my entire career with a publicly traded company, ... As Lotus became a less independent company, my thought was that my true skills would get less of a workout. This late in my career wasn't the time to be running a lab for IBM.
breaks situation top wheels year
The whole situation breaks my heart, ... We were on top of the world through 1999 and some how in a year the wheels have started to come off.
business consequences human social
It's not just about business consequences. There are human and social consequences as well.
communication deal logical move next step voice year
All of our Web-based usage has been about asynchronous communication. We will move by the end of this year to a concurrent model. The next logical step is to deal with voice communication.
al amazing company great issues leads luck people wish work
Al is a great guy, he leads an extraordinarily important company with an amazing technology, but they have some people issues to work through, ... I wish them all the luck in the world.
benefit online provide seeking software solution tremendous
The OSD specification is a tremendous benefit to organizations seeking to provide a standards-based solution for online software distribution.