[TriLUG] OT: Developer Rates

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> Aaron S. Joyner said the following on 4/23/04 12:03 PM:
>
>> Friendly public service announcement / reminder: IANALPOOBS  (I am 
>> not a Lawyer, Paralegal, or other Blood Sucker).
>
>
> Aaron,
>
> I'll register a small bit of concern over your above statement.
> Pamela Jones of Groklaw (http://www.groklaw.net/) is a paralegal
> and has done an immeasurable amount of work for the Free Software/Open
> Source community.  I would hardly call her profession "blood sucking".
> Granted, there are enough blood sucking lawyers out there to make up
> for all the good ones, but in this case, I think your very wide brush
> is uncalled for, even in jest.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner

Yeah, I know, I know.  :)  I have several good friends who are of the 
lawyerly persuasion, but picking on them is always a classic past time, 
up until you require their services for something of grave importance.  
:)  My apologies to anyone who might have been offended by my statement.

Aaron J.