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Linus to SCO: 'Please Grow Up'
brakk writes "From this article at Infoworld, Linus responds to SCO's open letter in a manner reminiscent of patting a child on the head." chrisd notes that his company is making SCO employees unhireable.
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How about Mr/Ms codemonkey couldn't afford being unemployed?
Sure they could - they just need to start robbing large stores. It's no more ethical than what SCO's doing, but at least in that case insurance companies will spread the damage around a bit.
Leaving a job may cause your family a rough patch for awhile but that will eventually pass.
How do you know that?
It is better to be able to look your son(s) in the eye.
You won't be able to see his fucking face when he's taken away by Social Services because you can't pay for food and are living on the streets.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Brain: "I would tell you Pinky but this 120 char limi
" They are being far better than SCO, because they are making a choice based on the facts, not on a bunch of made-up nonsense in order to justify a wacky lawsuit."
Facts? Facts like: "I've got to pay the mortgage", "I've got to feed the kids". Come on, show the courage of your convictions: Jack your job in tomorrow, after all, unless you're working for the Disabled Black Lesbian's coding cooperative, I bet dollars to donuts that your company/employer has screwed someone, sometime, somewhere. Unless, of course, you're lurking in mom's basement and talking out of your ass...
"I think it is entirely reasonable to make one's judgment as an employee part of the screen for a new job. I would look seriously askance at someone so mercenary as to stay in a morally bankrupt organization, like a Monsanto or a Nike or an SCO or such. It's not as if they were conscripted. And there are thousands of job candidates out there who have more of the courage of their convictions - I'd certainly prefer to hire them.
I hope to God you are talking out of your ass and are not in a hiring and firing position. There are thousands of job candidates out there who whould use their Grandmothers' careworn old face as a stepping stone up to any (relevant) job whatsoever! It's a shit old world out there for IT folk, and it doesn't look like it's improving.
T&K.
Political language
If I could only mod the parent post up to 20...
Chris, you've done a lot for open source and free software, you're an effective advocate, and I'm sure lots of folks owe you an eternal debt of gratitude for introducing them to Linux.
However, after your latest move (telling SCO employees to not bother seeking employment at your company) I believe I can add CHILDISH ASSHOLE to the list.
Employers who act like assholes during recessions are scum, plain and simple... Worse than that, actually: they're the scum that scum scrapes off its shoes. You have the jobs that folks may want so you go on your little God-trip and place ridiculous criteria on employment, all because you can.
Dick...
I walked away from the Linux software industry three weeks ago. Every fscking day I get more validation that I made the right decision. If this is what the "Linux community" has stooped to, you can have it.