Many pages on the site won't come across the Internet at all. Research librarian's phone starts ringing off the hook. Managers insist no lynchings can take place until after the noon news deadline. They can't access the newspaper's Web site at all. Lynching party for IT staff is postponed.
Managers insist no incendiary devices can be mailed until reporters file their stories.
Swears that next time, he'll force marketing to send small e-mail messages that include a link to an online presentation on the Web. This time, the IT services manager vows, they really will all be sent at night. Hayes, Computerworld's staff columnist, has covered IT for 20 years. The downturn in the tech economy isn't as gloomy as you might expect. West Coast Bureau Chief Pimm Fox offers a list of 10 positive aspects from the tech wreck.