Both of their evals suggested good upbringings, though the interviewer couldn't get much out of Swartzkoff concerning his home life.

If there are people so unreflecting or so cruel, as to make a jest of me, what is left for me to do but to make a jest of myself, them, and every thing?

Organizations may be forced by vendors to decommission systems because product releases are not supported any more, or the organizations may opt for expensive maintenance contracts for products, which are no longer officially supported by the vendor. […] [O]nce an organization is in a lock-in situation, the organization may be forced to decommission due to the product release strategy of the suppliers.

Knowing that he would be susceptible to the arguments of his persuasive co-brother-in-law Antonio de' Medici, Saminiato tried to avoid his company.