Pages from the Ozark-CABOOSE Book

Team. We received some wonderful feedback from http://www.thinkittraining.in. It is nice knowing that our work is appreciated. Thank you so much for your positive words of encouragement. Positive encouraging words are trees of life.

The primary developer for CABOOSE and the author of its tutorial text has had quite an interesting journey in life. Truth is much stranger than fiction as has often been said.

He unfortunately and unjustly developed a reputation for generating vaporware in the late 1990s while working for a small telephonics company. Apparently, he inadvertently provided a UNIX tape archive file (*.tar) on a 3.5 in disc which was corrupted. This did not please his supervisor when he tried accessing the computer telephony integration software in the archive a few months later.

This was an unfortunate accident. Since the archive was requested "asap", mostly likely the disc was removed from the drive before it completed spinning. This frequently corrupted such media. Haste makes waste.

The archive itself was intact. A quick UNIX "undelete" would have restored the archive and the original files on the development box. Unfortunately, those resources had been acquired by another entity who had been short-changed in the transaction. So, he did not help the telephony company recover its software.

Yet, so this weblogs readership knows that this upcoming text is not mere vaporware, you can read a few of its pages. The appendix might seem a bit implausible. Simply, consider it part of "computing's urban legend". However, in the United States of America, those who are in not in the majority must often find a European American counterpart for promoting our work and ideas. This has been the case for quite some time.

The history of the development of modern respirators is an example. Covering one's mouth with a wet rag so one might breathe while escaping a burning building was nothing new. But, it was a man of near African descent who envision placing a wet sponge in a mask which covered one's face which resulted in the modern respirators that now use more sophisticated materials for filtering harmful particles out of the air. However, at the time which he thought of it, the vast majority of businesses would not partner with him. So, he found a European counterpart who could be the "face" of his company.

Being that America is built upon close family and friend networks and these relationships often cross color lines, many modern entrepreneurs in minority groups still use this practice. This weblog author has spoken with a few African American small businessmen who say that they have found that often the sellers in the majority who work for their suppliers will negotiate better deals when they work with one of their employees who is a member of the majority. This is also true for the buyers of their products. This is the nature of business in the States. And, it might be the nature of business when working in any country in which one is part of a minority group. This is not a scathing criticism or cry of racism. It is simply a dynamic of modern business.

We hope that you enjoy the short-read of about twenty pages from the Ozark-CABOOSE book. Hopefully, it inspires you so you might dream big dreams and pray for their realization. But, above all in this modern world, let us seek peace and pursue it. Hunting, Pecking, and Thinking during one's workday is a proper step in the right direction.

Although this is officially a dreaded Monday. Mondays are simply the Fridays before the Fridays before the Fridays before the Fridays before the actual Friday. So Relax. The weekend is almost here. Mindset is everything! So have some fun and watch time fly!

May You Enjoy This Work Week.

- The CABOOSE Team