[TriLUG] [Fwd: Immediate Opening - Cluster Programmer - LinuxandC/C++]

[Brian Henning]

> would it be possible to not top post?  thanks.

Nope.

My comment was just meant to be tongue-in-cheek..  I too am quite familiar
with the situation you described.

~B
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] [Fwd: Immediate Opening - Cluster Programmer -
LinuxandC/C++]


>
> would it be possible to not top post?  thanks.
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Brian Henning wrote:
>
> > Well just because they want to hire someone with Linux skills doesn't
> > necessarily mean they have any of their own! ;-)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joseph Mack" <mack.joseph at epa.gov>
> > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 7:51 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] [Fwd: Immediate Opening - Cluster Programmer -
Linux
> > andC/C++]
> >
> >
> >>> Linux skills a must.
> >> .
> >> .
> >>> send MS Word version of resume
> >>
> >> ;-\
>
> the fact that they require a word doc-form resume means (obviously)
> that they're most likely a MS-centric shop.  which means that a linux
> person is potentially going to suffer having to deal with that
> constantly, as in:
>
> 1) all internal docs and memos being distributed in word format (yes,
> i know OOo handles word, but still ...)
>
> 2) timesheets perhaps having to be submitted as excel spreadsheets
> (again, yes, OOo ...)
>
> 3) internal web sites optimized for IE, perhaps not working well or at
> all for mozilla/konqueror/firefox
>
> 4) MS-centric bug tracking/scheduling software that requires IE to
> access
>
> and so on, and so on.
>
>    and no, none of this is hypothetical.  i'm living through it right
> now.
>
> rday
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