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- From: tommy@hilbert.att.com (Tom Reingold)
- Subject: Re: bringing family to usenix
- Reply-To: tommy@boole.att.com
- Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:34:59 GMT
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- henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
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- $ tommy@hilbert.att.com (Tom Reingold) wrote:
- $ ->I'll be at the January Usenix in San Diego. Since my company pays my
- $ ->airfare, I figure I'll take my family. It's a good time for a vacation
- $ ->and I've never seen San Diego. How do people manage this?
-
- $ you don't. a conference is not vacation (unless you are defrauding
- $ your company); it is work.
- $ [...]
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- It seems that both Henrys misunderstood me. My company will pay my
- airfare and hotel. Of course I do not expect them to pay a dime for my
- wife's or children's expenses. And my intention is to enjoy San Diego
- before or after the conference. I hope no one sees anything wrong with
- taking advantage that I'll already be there without having paid my
- airfare out of pocket.
- --
- Tom Reingold
- AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
- tommy@boole.att.com or att!boole!tommy
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