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VA Lays Off Mesa Developer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-not-very-cool dept.

j7953 writes: "Brian Paul, the author of Mesa, was laid off by VA Linux. Here's his mail to the mesa3d-dev list." Other places are reporting that Keith Whitwell of the DRI project was also laid off. Presumably just two of many major contributors to open source, but honestly I don't really know who got the axe. So far Slashdot has been unaffected by the layoffs (VA owns Slashdot too in case you live in a box).

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  1. Maybe they'll dump CmdrTaco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm fucking sick of that guy. ;-)

    1. Re:Maybe they'll dump CmdrTaco by mnordstr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I think he's kewl :)

  2. boo yah by mahtaaaain · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nifty

    --
    you a winna , ha ha ha
  3. Re:It gets worse before it gets better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you honestly hoping that your country goes to war? Are you fucking stupid?

    I find it interesting that all this happened as the United States is entering a recession.

  4. Exactly how ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... is this news for nerds? Hmm?

  5. yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > VA owns Slashdot too

    And it shows.

  6. Re:VA layoffs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How the hell is that flamebait? Idiot moderators! Mod my post back up right away!

  7. Re:It gets worse before it gets better by zpengo · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I'm not *hoping* we go to war, I just don't have my head so far up my cornhole (as you apparently do) that I'm not aware that we ARE going to war.

    This is going to take several years, buddy. You can sit there an wave your white flag, but the rest of us are waiting for the bombs to start.

    If you're an American, buy canned food. If not, you'd better hope your leaders have already proclaimed that they're on our side.

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    Got Rhinos?
  8. The problem is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People that have VA Stock tought they could buy a cool Corvette with it, now, as time has passed they can barely afford a BigMac Menu. Sad but true. See that moderator in Metamod

    Sincerely, Mike Bouma

  9. Re:It gets worse before it gets better by EnglishTim · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No. We haven't gone to war yet. I think it's reasonable to say 'we' as I'm pretty sure any American offensive will be backed up by British troops as well...

    Our leaders have declared that we will be going to war, but it's a bit difficult to say we're actually at war when it's still not clear who we'll be at war *with*.

    As for canned food, I think that's probably a bit premature. I don't seem to remember any countries in NATO suffering any famines during the Gulf war...

    As a side note, If we do end up going to war with Afghanistan I don't think it'll be as easy as it sounds... The Soviet Union spent ages at war with them, and didn't do very well. Granted, ol' Osama had a bit of help from the US, but even so, Afghanistan is a very harsh environment - one that even the Russians (who are no strangers to harsh environments) had troubles with...

  10. Check out Taco Bell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The delicious new Cmdr Taco in a box.

  11. Re:Sourceforge? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's pretty fucking funny.

    Especially since Eric "Cathedral and the Bazaar" Raymond is on the VA board of directors.

    I guess his next essay will be "The ten pounds of shit and the five pound bag"

  12. Re:3d for GNU/Linux dead? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After your mom went down, my dick got harder. Then it got softer.

  13. Re:NASDAQ delistings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    compared to va linux, they're doing fine :)

  14. Re:The American terrorist conspiracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I don't find that odd. WhatI do find odd is that a person planning on hijacking a plane and crashing it into a building (ie - certain death) would have checked baggage at all.

    A conspiracy? Yes. But who could have pulled it off, and who would have benefitted?

    • the niggers - they benefit be no longer being the most despised minority in America. However, they generally lack the intelligence required to do anyhting more complicated than play basketball.
    • the jews - they're no longer the second most hated group in America, and seeing Palestinians dancing in the street makes the israelis seem justified in killing them without reason. Additionally, the Israeli secret service does have the capacity to pull something like this off, and they double-cross the US all the time
    • George Bush - his popularity is at 72%, everyone in congress will demand increased defense spending, and he gets to kick some ass. However, the CIA/FBI hsan't been able to do anything right for at least 15 years (Waco? Ruby Ridge? Chinese Embassy?), and following the pentagon bombing, the white house announced, "Don't worry, Dick Cheney is in a white house bunker with key staff. President Bush is flying around somewhere." -- not very residential.
    • Gary Condit - He's no longer front page news, and can claim Chandra was in the WTC or pentagon, so she won't be found now. Additionally, he had sex with lots of stewardesses.

      • Also, it could have been a camel jockey.