Yes, and I would think that leaving SCO and coming to work for another company and spreading the word about how SCO is not a good company to work for and how good the new company is would be a pretty good penance.
I seem to recall that forgiveness and redemption was in there somewhere too.
I guess I didn't read the biblical footnote about it not applying to SCO employees, especially those who just now are coming to their senses and applying for jobs elsewhere.
Even today, wouldn't it be somewhat self-defeating to ignore resumes from people looking to leave SCO? After all, they are looking to LEAVE, maybe for the very ethical conflict we're all discussing here. Seems that they are eliminating the very types of people they may, in fact, want to hire.
I would at least grant people a little grace period to have the time continue to collect a SCO paycheck while looking around for another place to work. In this market, five months or less isn't an outrageous amount of time to be looking and yes, people do have mortgages, kids, elderly relatives to care for, student loans to pay off, etc. The fact that people didn't instantly jump off the SCO ship into shark-infested waters shouldn't be held against them if they've chosen to do so later.
All of this brings up an interesting point. What is the story of the SCO workforce? Are they losing developers in droves or are developers sticking around?
Now, see here kids? No one has limited exactly HOW much peanut butter we can put on the sandwich. So now the sandwich has gotten too big and has broken the plate that was holding it AND damaged our table! And now, ants are crawling all over our kitchen!
We'd also have to think about how children get registered. I don't know the numbers but I'm sure a fair amount of organ donations and recipients are children who would not be of age to consent.
But one technology that's gone way too far is parental involvement in kids' sports.
I was at a recent Little League end of season game/picnic for my son. The game, mind you, was really an exhibition, no score was kept, everyone batted. Probably the least structured game of the whole season. But, toward the end of the game, one of the coaches noticed that a few of the boys had gone off on their own and were throwing a football around. He yelled at them to get back with their teams and sit on the bench.
I walked over to him and said, "You tell 'em coach! Imagine the nerve of those kids, having unsupervised FUN. Where do they LEARN these things?"
He kind of chucked back but I really don't know if he got it.
Most of the phone spam I get is from my long distance phone company anyway bugging me to subscribe to their local service. I subscribe to their long distance services, thus rendering them exempt. Kind of the ultimate catch-22 isn't it?
I also hate that charities and politicians are exempt. The local blood bank has to be our second biggest abuser. Again, the law doesn't help here.
I'll stick with the tried and true practice of letting the answering machine pick up any phone call that comes up "Out of Area" on my caller id.
He's going to tell, he's going to tell!
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When I read that SCO is promising yet again to show the evidence of this, I keep hearing the wedding guests from Monty Python in the Holy Grail singing, "He's going to tell! He's going to tell!".
They'll just keep singing and we'll never actually get to see the evidence behind the allegations. It's the WMD of the Unix world.
I've always wondered how the "divorce rate" is measured. It always seems strangely high to me because it just doesn't add up anecdotally. Is it simply a count of divorces per marriages in a particular year? If so, doesn't that discount marriages that last for a long time?
My first thought on reading that Mr. Kruz had been with Sun for only 1 1/2 years was, "He's 52. Where was he before Sun?" Not too many 52 year old rookies out there. Thanks for answering the question.
Wondering who he complained about between 1993 and 2003?
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Agreed. A 12 year old on the computer for 8 hours is not being parented.
But I think a 12 year old playing tag is probably pretty unlikely. Tag is more for the 4-8 year old set.
JoAnn
That's only because "technomom" was taken! ;-)
JoAnn
Yes, and I would think that leaving SCO and coming to work for another company and spreading the word about how SCO is not a good company to work for and how good the new company is would be a pretty good penance.
Kind along the lines of what S/Paul did...
JoAnn
I seem to recall that forgiveness and redemption was in there somewhere too.
I guess I didn't read the biblical footnote about it not applying to SCO employees, especially those who just now are coming to their senses and applying for jobs elsewhere.
JoAnn
Even today, wouldn't it be somewhat self-defeating to ignore resumes from people looking to leave SCO? After all, they are looking to LEAVE, maybe for the very ethical conflict we're all discussing here. Seems that they are eliminating the very types of people they may, in fact, want to hire.
I would at least grant people a little grace period to have the time continue to collect a SCO paycheck while looking around for another place to work. In this market, five months or less isn't an outrageous amount of time to be looking and yes, people do have mortgages, kids, elderly relatives to care for, student loans to pay off, etc. The fact that people didn't instantly jump off the SCO ship into shark-infested waters shouldn't be held against them if they've chosen to do so later.
All of this brings up an interesting point. What is the story of the SCO workforce? Are they losing developers in droves or are developers sticking around?
JoAnn
Now, see here kids? No one has limited exactly HOW much peanut butter we can put on the sandwich. So now the sandwich has gotten too big and has broken the plate that was holding it AND damaged our table! And now, ants are crawling all over our kitchen!
Now, what did we learn today?
JoAnn
"Pot? I'd like to introduce you to Kettle, but you can just call him Black."
JoAnn
SCO Sues Linus Torvalds for Libelous Crack-Smoking Comment
JoAnn
One theory is that it's all a stock ploy....
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JoAnn
If we have a lifespan of 5000 years, how old you will have to be to no longer be a kid yourself?
JoAnn
Oh shoot. Someone better tell my dad that his warranty's up then. His donated liver's been going for 6 years strong now.
Also, not all liver disease is caused by drinking. Read up on it sometime.
JoAnn
We'd also have to think about how children get registered. I don't know the numbers but I'm sure a fair amount of organ donations and recipients are children who would not be of age to consent.
JoAnn
But one technology that's gone way too far is parental involvement in kids' sports.
I was at a recent Little League end of season game/picnic for my son. The game, mind you, was really an exhibition, no score was kept, everyone batted. Probably the least structured game of the whole season. But, toward the end of the game, one of the coaches noticed that a few of the boys had gone off on their own and were throwing a football around. He yelled at them to get back with their teams and sit on the bench.
I walked over to him and said, "You tell 'em coach! Imagine the nerve of those kids, having unsupervised FUN. Where do they LEARN these things?"
He kind of chucked back but I really don't know if he got it.
JoAnn
I would think that a hard wall (reinforced cockpit door) and armed pilots is a cheaper and perhaps more effective solution than this soft wall.
What's to stop the hijacker from picking a "fly zone" rather than a "no fly zone"?
JoAnn
>>Companies you have "done business with" (ie you bought something from them)
This is the one I see as a huge loophole. You will soon see this coming to your snailmail or email inbox...
"Get a cellphone/PDA/Gameboy/other shiny toy for only 1 cent!"
Thank you very much, you're now on our call list!
JoAnn
The loopholes are just too huge here.
Most of the phone spam I get is from my long distance phone company anyway bugging me to subscribe to their local service. I subscribe to their long distance services, thus rendering them exempt. Kind of the ultimate catch-22 isn't it?
I also hate that charities and politicians are exempt. The local blood bank has to be our second biggest abuser. Again, the law doesn't help here.
I'll stick with the tried and true practice of letting the answering machine pick up any phone call that comes up "Out of Area" on my caller id.
JoAnn
....and the largest in services revenue I believe, which now represents an even bigger slice (44%) of IBM's revenue than hardware (33%) does.
Source: IBM 2002 Annual Report
JoAnn
When I read that SCO is promising yet again to show the evidence of this, I keep hearing the wedding guests from Monty Python in the Holy Grail singing, "He's going to tell! He's going to tell!".
They'll just keep singing and we'll never actually get to see the evidence behind the allegations. It's the WMD of the Unix world.
JoAnn
It gets worse, I'm over 40! A middle-aged, married mom geek!
JoAnn
Lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Thanks for the clarification.
JoAnn
I've always wondered how the "divorce rate" is measured. It always seems strangely high to me because it just doesn't add up anecdotally.
Is it simply a count of divorces per marriages in a particular year? If so, doesn't that discount marriages that last for a long time?
JoAnn
Depends...Is your memory error detecting/correcting? If you're correcting, how many bits do you want to detect and how many do you want to correct?
There's a bug in your code.
It really should be:
Glad I could help.
JoAnn
and, of course, PL/I!
(duck!)
JoAnn
My first thought on reading that Mr. Kruz had been with Sun for only 1 1/2 years was, "He's 52. Where was he before Sun?" Not too many 52 year old rookies out there. Thanks for answering the question.
Wondering who he complained about between 1993 and 2003?
JoAnn