Something I never expected to do - training Russians

[Aabidano]

I spent this morning training folks in Moscow how to use a product I make. Didn't occur to me until after I was done what a huge shift that is from just 10 years ago when it was illegal to sell them a lot of the products we now make a nice profit on.

They've regulations just like the US does as far as who can work on parts of their telecommunications networks. I can supply the tools, but Russians have to do the work due to privacy concerns. The reverse is true in many cases as well as far as non-nationals working on US based stuff. The EU is very restrictive concerning "who can do what" due to privacy concerns.

On the same topic, India has barred their carriers from using products made by <Chinese telecommunications Co> due to concerns about "extra" code inside them.

[Aslanna]

I hope the Russians love their children too.

[Aabidano]

Nope, they make them get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before they go to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, pay the mill owner for permission to come to work, and when they get home, their Dads kill them and dance about on their graves singing "Hallelujah." (taken form the four Yorkshiremen sketch)

[Hesten]

Arrrgh, a communist sympathizer....shoot him

[masteen]

I always knew you were a pinko. I shoulda turned you into the loyalty review board when I had the chance.

[Sabek]

Nope, they make them get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before they go to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, pay the mill owner for permission to come to work, and when they get home, their Dads kill them and dance about on their graves singing "Hallelujah." (taken form the four Yorkshiremen sketch)

Try to tell this to the kids today and they won't believe you.