Byte and Switch: Really?
Martin: Certainly coming from New York was a terrific experience. I grew up at a great time for being a New Yorker. We tend to be a little bit more straightforward when we talk than other people in the country. [Ed. note: That's at least one thing Joe Tucci at EMC would no doubt agree with see our interview with Tucci.] I think the style, people have to get used to... We tend not to pussyfoot around when we talk. We tend to get to the point more directly than others do. I'm not sure if I would be insulting other parts of the world if I decided that Washington or Florida or other parts didn't groom great leaders, because they do. You can find great leaders anywhere.
Byte and Switch: Speaking of jungles, you guys ran into some trouble last year with some activists protesting your exterminating prairie dogs. [See Protesters Dog StorageTek in San Jose.] Were you worried about the monkey pox?
Martin: Well, yeah. This is kind of a sad story, and I guess we didn't manage it very well. Right on our campus here [in Louisville, Colo.], we have a high school, a grammar school, and we have a hospital. And all of them were very concerned about the proliferation of the prairie dogs and the little critters were getting pretty aggressive... We went back and forth and round and round on what to do. And so the decision was made [to exterminate the prairie dogs]. And clearly, from a publicity standpoint, it was terrible... but quite frankly, this is alarming to me, because this was exactly how the black plague started. It is a serious issue.
Byte and Switch: And have you got that problem under control now?
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