I may end up eating this column sometime in early January, but I don't think so. At worst, I won't be able to get on-line. At best, it will be a total non-event. Professionally, it is a different story. Since I provide PC support for a good-sized enterprise, I am on call New Year's eve, just in case something happens.
Telecom is on call, networking is on call, PC support is on call, management is on call.
Everyone but management is expected to be on premises. Perhaps they want us all in one location so that if something really bad happens they will be able to eliminate all of us and save on payroll costs. On second thought, the savings would be minuscule. Given the core group of people who will be stuck in the middle of an industrial park with positively, absolutely nothing to do, I've decided to take a positive approach. Thus, I have organized the first poker game of the millennium.