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HP Lays Off Unix/IA-64 gurus

Posted by Hemos on from the bad-times-for-everyone dept.

A reader writes "On Tuesday HP announced that it is closing a lab in NJ. This was an HP-UX development lab, responsible for porting HP-UX to IA64. The lab employed top engineers, including some who have worked in Unix kernels for over 20 years (originally from Bell Labs, Novell, and other companies). " That report came from a soon-to-be former employee.

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  1. What will they do? by ryepup · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, how many people are we talking about here? 20? 100? Maybe they will disperse into existing Linux companies (Redhat, Suse, etc...) and improve the overall state of Linux. Maybe start a slew of consulting companies. Either that, or exploit all those backdoors they built in HP-UX, just in case they ever got fired.

    1. Re:What will they do? by ksamuel · · Score: 2, Funny

      They could always go work for Columbia Internet.

  2. NJ C programmers by tshoppa · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see perhaps the most famous NJ Unix guru of all trying to get a job as a C programmer:

    Interviewer:So, Mr. Ritchie, you claim you're a C programmer, yet you've never taken a class or been certified as one, right? And you claim decades of experience in Unix, yet you don't have any certifications? Sorry, don't call us, we'll call you...

    1. Re:NJ C programmers by LoudMusic · · Score: 0, Funny
      Interviewer:So, Mr. Ritchie, you claim you're a C programmer, yet you've never taken a class or been certified as one, right? And you claim decades of experience in Unix, yet you don't have any certifications? Sorry, don't call us, we'll call you...

      Mr. Ritchie: "I *AM* UNIX YOU DUMB MOTHER FUCKER!"

      (:

      ~LoudMusic

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    2. Re:NJ C programmers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Once again, another overly literal fucktard geek totally misses the irony, thereby completely sucking all humor out of the joke.
      Kudos to you, LoudMusic!


      I don't know what's worse, stupid geeks making stupid jokes. Or stupid geeks that don't even realize when someone's joking.

  3. Re:MCSE????? by Kartoffel · · Score: 2, Funny
    *Sigh* Leave the enthusiastic MCSE's alone.. they just won't ever "get it".

    On the other hand, there are talented CS people out there who find themselves getting MCSE certified because their managers demand it, or simply for the hell of it.

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