Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 22:35:24 -0600 From: Joe Warner <rootman@xmission.com> To: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@newgold.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is Brett Glass to easy on RMS? Message-ID: <01050522411402.00681@blackmirror.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105060022130.5131-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET> References: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0105060022130.5131-100000@Aphex.NewGold.NET>
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Man! You're definitely hooked! 8^) I don't program (yet), get paid to work a 45-50 hour week and come home to have more fun. So, it's no surprise when my wife says; "Would you like me any better if I had a square face?" I was so amused with that comment, that I've used it as a sig before. Cheers Joe On Sat, 05 May 2001, Joseph Mallett wrote: > I work at least 60 hours a week, and I don't get paid. The fun and > excitement of coding just to code. =P > > -- > [ Joseph Mallett <jmallett@[newgold.net|xmrg.com|xMach.org]> ] > [ xMach Core Team xMach: Proactively Unbloated Microkernel BSD ] > [ Proud Open/Free/Net/4.4BSD User; C Programmer; Mad ] [ www.xMach.org ] > > Support my computer addiction buy something from http://www.jmallett.org > > On Sat, 5 May 2001, Joe Warner wrote: > > > > > Yes, it's certainly true that they pay well but that in itself comes with a > > price. In order to get paid well, you basically have to sell your soul > > to them. A guy I work with said that he has a neighbor who works for > > them and a typical work week is 60 hours and it's not because he's > > a work-a-holic, it's because it's standard policy. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > On Sat, 05 May 2001, Joseph Mallett wrote: > > > And FSF's Own the world is not a threat why? At least MS doesn't want to > > > force anyone in industry to work for nothing -- they pay well. > > > > > > FSF wants programmers to die out. I second Brett's recommendation of > > > 'Hackers', it explains the big bad crazy man quite well. > > > > > > -- > > > [ Joseph Mallett <jmallett@[newgold.net|xmrg.com|xMach.org]> ] > > > [ xMach Core Team xMach: Proactively Unbloated Microkernel BSD ] > > > [ Proud Open/Free/Net/4.4BSD User; C Programmer; Mad ] [ www.xMach.org ] > > > > > > Support my computer addiction buy something from http://www.jmallett.org > > -- > > Joe Warner > > Daemon News > > Bringing BSD Together > > Daemon News E-Zine http://www.daemonnews.org > > Daily Daemon News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ > > Print Magazine http://magazine.daemonnews.org/ > > -- Joe Warner Daemon News Bringing BSD Together Daemon News E-Zine http://www.daemonnews.org Daily Daemon News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ Print Magazine http://magazine.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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