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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I tried to post this... 10 days ago :) by jukal · 2002-09-09 00:47 · Score: 1, Offtopic

...this and some previous happennings are in my journal.
Someone has to say it by PenguinLord · 2002-09-09 00:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's better than getting fired for masterbating!
1. Re:Someone has to say it by Lysol · 2002-09-09 01:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Ya know, if someone said you molested your sister after some article was posted about you, you'd probably be bummed out. SO CAN ALL THE PERSONAL ATTACKS, OK!?!? Jerk! Sometimes people can be real assholes here. Sheesh....
2. Re:Someone has to say it by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 01:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  masturbating at work? or just masturbating?
NY Times Link by Bodrius · 2002-09-09 00:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I know the "NY-Times Free Registration" horse is dead, but it would be nice to warn users that it's a NY Times link, even if it is the usual "Note: Free Registration, blah blah blah, stop pestering us we have more important duties here at Slashdot than editing content...". Or maybe even just a link[nytimes.com] notation.

Just so we don't bother.

It would be even nicer to provide an extra link if it exists. But I guess that IS asking way too much.

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1. Re:NY Times Link by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 02:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Good god, people, just freaking accept the cookie and it'll all be moot!
what browser are you using? by MORTAR_COMBAT! · 2002-09-09 00:54 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Because every browser I've used for the past, oh, 8 years shows the URL for the link in the status bar when you mouse over the link.

But yes, I hate NY Times articles on the web. Which is one reason I cancelled my NY Times print subscription.

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Re:How can I say this ... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 01:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Reboot Monkey. Thats a good one. Even better than my Reboot Boy.
Reboot Boy.
Re:Microsoft's dominance by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 01:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

is this list the reason I can't get a job? I thought I was blacklisted for something far less sinister, such as, underage drinking when I was 18, or murder or something.

Ahhh, it makes all the more sense now :)
Re:Now that he has some free time... by Verteiron · 2002-09-09 01:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't knock a +5. At least Bruce will probably see your suggestion now...

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Re:thinking matters by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 01:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Thought what way? That having MORE children is
necessary or appropriate? The world is too crowded as it is. He's a selfish bastard for doing that. Just another unemployed person with
a kid.
Re:Motivations. by DrMaurer · 2002-09-09 01:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

HEY!

What does it matter if she's got a Midieval Studies degree? Plenty of smart people got them, some idiots are bound to.

Of course, I got a "worthless" degree. Then again, I don't have a job, either.

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Re:thinking matters by praksys · 2002-09-09 01:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

On the flip side, when you live in a crowd of several million, no one really notices what you are doing. Big cities typically offer much more freedom than small towns, where everyone knows what you are up to, and cares about it.
This doesn't make sense, he quit... by clambert · 2002-09-09 02:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/ 0,aid,104016,00.asp

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Re:Now that he has some free time... by MisterBlister · 2002-09-09 03:39 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I agree. Ever notice how virtually every free software supporter is a complete social outcasts with all manner of tics, weird speech, fat, unwashed, etc?
Re:Now that he has some free time... by Daimaou · 2002-09-09 04:55 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Why is it that the average nobody, wannabe-intelligensia of the world always have to find some foible to exploit to make themselves feel big?

All I can say is that when we talk of Bruce Perens, most people know who he is. When we talk about MisterBlister and this particular Anonymous Coward, most people imagine a pimple faced, semi-literate, athletic supporter who is still in highschool.

Please go back to your obscure inconsequentialness.
Re:now that's profound :-) by leviramsey · 2002-09-09 05:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

i thought about that when i was writing it. i think you know the hurd i'm talking about.

I know. I was just karma whoring... :o)