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February 12, 2003
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland : specifically, OOP!
Well, I had to try, didn't I? Having finished "Soul of a New Machine", I turned to "Microserfs" (again) and, no doubt like so many Douglas Coupland fans before me, idly wondered if daniel@oop.com might not turn out to be a real person at a real company. Well, Daniel Underwood might not exist, but OOP does. Or did. It's now part of netdecisions ("the international technology solutions provider" - who they?). Even less Coupland-esqe : OOP wasn't even its name when the company was swallowed - it was the hyperdull Java Business Solutions Inc. zzz. O, how is pure art sullied by the taint of the real.
On that note - goodnight.
Posted by daen at February 12, 2003 01:37 AM