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Old 2008-09-25, 01:22 PM   #100
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Originally Posted by knucklesplitter View Post
I noticed IGT is putting in a really nice fancy sign at the road entrance to their satellite building next door. They've had contractors on it all week to get it installed and power out to it. Had to cut up the parking lot I think. There was this huge truck with a built in trencher blocking my way into work this morning. Not to rub salt into the layoff wound or anything, but...
Yeah, that's our new nifty integration lab where outside customers can bring their equipment to install it in our "virtual casino" to test for compatibility with the new back-end server system we're making.

Basically, we're still spending texas-money on server-based gaming, because we already stacked all our eggs in that basket. Lucky for me, that's what I'm working on. Unlucky for me, IGT really needs lots of new and fun slot machines if it wants to dig itself out of the slump, not a fancy new server... which means if/when they figure that out, I'm in real trouble.
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