Yeah, far too often big business bullies its way through life by sicking thrice-damned lawyers on the little guy.
Y'know what the business world needs? A revolution. Yeah. Lets teach those corporate jerks what intimidation really means. Gurilla warfare and scorched earth. This kind of things worked in Nam and Afghanistan.
Yeah! Let's take down those corporate pigs. Locka and load and have the lawers huddle in pathetic groups waiting for the end.
"Watch out for charlie in the trees!"
Ahem.
Please not that this was in no way an endorsement for the murder of lawyers or management type people. And for the record, I do not own an automatic weapon or plan on going on a shooting spree--yet::evil grin::
More to it? Maybe. True, I (unlike many Slashdotters it seems) don't take John's word as gospel, but having been on the recieving end of political problems in my last job, I can't help but wonder if there wasn't a lot of retribution in Steed's dismissal.
It's been my experience that the age old excuse of 'not fitting into (insert company name) corporate environment' as reasons for dismissals or departures is more a matter of management looking for a scapegoat when something goes wrong. Who's the first to go? The person who middle management liked the least--competent or not.
I'll agree with others here; airing corporate dirty laundry in public can often kill a company. Employee bitching isn't good for business. That said though, I think it's fair to clear the air if someone's let go unreasonably. When I left my last company I made bloody sure the people I knew in the industry knew that I wasn't fired or let go for any reason other than the company sucked, and was on it's way into bankruptcy. Those of us who have reputations we'd like to keep unsullied need to watch out for that reputation. That's far more important that the company we last worked for, or the reason's we were dismissed.
Is if Linux/Solaris is -especially- vulnerable to these zombies, just what is it about them that makes them so and Windows not? The article doesn't get into anything like that. Kinda makes one wonder.... And no, I don't think MS is behind any of this--their marketing/FUD people just arn't willing to look a gift horse in the mouth. Sean
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What next? Frogger coded in COBOL?
(then again, it might be a project to employ all those unemployed post-Y2K COBOL programmers)
Got about 15 minutes into Computer Boy and just couldn't keep my head off the keyboard or eyes open.
Lack of caffine? Maybe. Lack of humor? More likley.
Or maybe it's my 23 hour C++ hacking binge....
As the Guess Who said: "I got more important things to do..."
Y'know what the business world needs? A revolution. Yeah. Lets teach those corporate jerks what intimidation really means. Gurilla warfare and scorched earth. This kind of things worked in Nam and Afghanistan.
Yeah! Let's take down those corporate pigs. Locka and load and have the lawers huddle in pathetic groups waiting for the end.
"Watch out for charlie in the trees!"
Ahem.
Please not that this was in no way an endorsement for the murder of lawyers or management type people. And for the record, I do not own an automatic weapon or plan on going on a shooting spree--yet
We'll have to see...
Beware the White Wolf...
Beware the White Wolf...
Off through the new day's mist I run
It's been my experience that the age old excuse of 'not fitting into (insert company name) corporate environment' as reasons for dismissals or departures is more a matter of management looking for a scapegoat when something goes wrong. Who's the first to go? The person who middle management liked the least--competent or not.
I'll agree with others here; airing corporate dirty laundry in public can often kill a company. Employee bitching isn't good for business. That said though, I think it's fair to clear the air if someone's let go unreasonably. When I left my last company I made bloody sure the people I knew in the industry knew that I wasn't fired or let go for any reason other than the company sucked, and was on it's way into bankruptcy. Those of us who have reputations we'd like to keep unsullied need to watch out for that reputation. That's far more important that the company we last worked for, or the reason's we were dismissed.
BOL Steed!
Beware the Whyte Wolf...
Beware the White Wolf...
Off through the new day's mist I run
Is if Linux/Solaris is -especially- vulnerable to these zombies, just what is it about them that makes them so and Windows not? The article doesn't get into anything like that. Kinda makes one wonder.... And no, I don't think MS is behind any of this--their marketing/FUD people just arn't willing to look a gift horse in the mouth. Sean