Bruce Perens Canned by HP

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 9, 2002 @12:42AM from the what-if-we-were-all-named-bruce dept.

bmarklein writes "Bruce Perens has been fired by HP for "Microsoft-baiting". This was linked in part to the HP-Compaq merger, since Windows is now a much bigger part of HP's business."

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Now that he has some free time... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · 2002-09-09 00:49 · Score: 5, Interesting

Hey Bruce, why not run for congress?

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1. Re:Now that he has some free time... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · 2002-09-09 01:22 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  Who modded me "funny"? I'm serious. The geek community desperately needs someone who "gets it" in Washington.
  
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2. Re:Now that he has some free time... by Bruce+Perens · 2002-09-09 02:15 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  One of the problems of running for office is that you have to represent all of the people, not just a single issue (OK, a bunch of technology and civil liberty issues). I haven't tried that yet. A congress person's job is pretty unpleasant, and Valerie hates the DC weather (she's comparing it to Northern California). But I don't rule out running for office in the future. For now, I get to Washington about once a month to lobby and give speeches.
  There is the small problem that I'm a registered democrat, and would be running against the most liberal people in congress if I stayed where I'm living, and I don't want to do that. For example, my congress person, Barbara Lee, is the only one to have voted against the war. Which leaves Senator Boxer, and I am not sure this is realistic. I am, by the way, a registered Democrat.
  Bruce
  
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Re:Bruce says... by YanceyAI · 2002-09-09 01:05 · Score: 5, Interesting

The article doesn' say HP's getting rid of all the Linux guys. It just says they fired him. Also, he doesn't claim that HP has lost interest in Linux, he says he was warned numerous times about Microsoft-baiting.
What makes me nervous is that Microsoft might have threatened HP in some way as a partner. They obviously wouldn't want a partner promoting their product with internal factions insulting it. For that matter, HP 's argument might be that it's hard to sale your product, loaded with Windows, when you have vocal employees talking about security and usabiltiy problems.

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Re:Hi by Bruce+Perens · 2002-09-09 03:19 · Score: 5, Interesting

I do not get royalties or residuals. I did get some stock, which I used to pay for my home. So, I was out of the stock market when it crashed, thank goodness, and don't have the debt load of most people like me. I am not rich, sorry.
Bruce

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