Because the average manager won't even recognize a commandline program as being IM, they will just assume you are programming or something else over their head!:-)
At least that worked for me till my manager finally caught one of my co-workers with a mud client and started paying more attention when she saw us on the command line.:-(
Maybe it's time to start backing the IP law mongers. That way they will just get things to a point where no one is willing to inovate in any way whatsoever for fear of being sued, all progress comes to a complete standstill, and the general public finally gets a clue and demands it all go away for good!
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I seem to remember someone writing a linux kernel module that lets you use extra video mem as a very fast virtual drive.
Because the average manager won't even recognize a commandline program as being IM, they will just assume you are programming or something else over their head! :-)
:-(
At least that worked for me till my manager finally caught one of my co-workers with a mud client and started paying more attention when she saw us on the command line.
Maybe it's time to start backing the IP law mongers. That way they will just get things to a point where no one is willing to inovate in any way whatsoever for fear of being sued, all progress comes to a complete standstill, and the general public finally gets a clue and demands it all go away for good!