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Bruce Perens Canned by HP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. I tried to post this... 10 days ago :) by jukal · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...this and some previous happennings are in my journal.

  2. what browser are you using? by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · 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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    MORTAR COMBAT!
  3. Re:Now that he has some free time... by MisterBlister · · 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?

  4. Re:Now that he has some free time... by Daimaou · · 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.