> On Mar 17, 2024, at 2:58 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2024, 12:54 PM Douglas Taylor via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>>>> That matches what a DEC FE told me, at least about the VAX version: the
>>>> people were just DEC employees that caught somebody's eye when they were
>>>> planning the shots. Don't think they got extra modeling fees..
>>> I wouldn't expect modeling fees, given the wording of the standard
>> employee agreement.
>>>
>>> paul
>>>
>> I can't imagine a company using staff for photo ops. Young people now a
>> days have tattoos, piercings and wear tee-shirts and flip-flops to work.
>>
>
> The 70s and 80s were a different time.. before business casual was a
> thing...
Certainly tattoos on white collar workers were unheard of when I started at
DEC, but "business casual" was very definitely the norm there. Especially
among engineers, who were as likely as not to show up in t-shirts and jeans.
For that matter, that was my usual attire even the first 2 years when I did
traveling software support, and for that matter when I attended DECUS.
I distinctly remember a comment from a DEC customer at DECUS: "When I'm at
DECUS, I always seek out the people wearing t-shirts, because I know they are
the ones who know what they are talking about."
paul
