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HP Lays Off Unix/IA-64 gurus
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.
...and shutting everything down. Who'd a thunk it?
These top doods were prolly overpaid =)
and now can get the opportunity to put
in some time for good 'ole opensource!
Wheeeeee!!! Let the good times roll!
Besides, they probably needed some vacation time too...locked up in a dev. lab all the time with no one to fraternize with...*shudder*...and in Jersey of all places...*double shudder*
I consider these ppl LUCKY! Now they can go somewhere they will be appreciated.
"Just Smile and Nod." --Huck
unix is dying
These guys should get their MCSE's
So they can install WinXP
A year from now, when they want to have a 64-bit UNIX product, it will cost a LOT of money to hire 100 senior UNIX developers again.
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