[TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

[burnett at pobox.com]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Greg Brown wrote:

> How about a Blackwater-esque contract company to provide security for ships
> traveling The Gulf of Aden?  Anyone?  There's money to be made in this
> venture.

Ahoy, letters of marque and reprisal.

Steve B

>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:12 AM, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> One place you could look is Blackboard.  Jeremy Portzer could fill you in
>> on that, but they might have a spot that would suit you.
>>
>> William Sutton
>>
>> On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Jason Evans wrote:
>>
>>> I got my pink slip in August, but rather than waiting out my time for
>>> my 2 weeks of severance, I found a new job almost immediately.  At the
>>> end of my fourth week at the new job, I was given the pink slip again
>>> and half of my department was shown out the door on Oct 17.  Anybody
>>> need a linux saavy help desk guy with tons of experience?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:43 AM, William Sutton <william at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>>>> or '00.
>>>>
>>>> I got the walking papers from my first job out of college after 5 months
>>>> on the job... 2 weeks before Christmas.  Thank you net32 for a lesson in
>>>> job searching skills.
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't help anyone who just got cut if I say it now, but I learned
>>>> very quickly how important it is to have savings on hand.  One of my
>>>> former co-workers, also in his first big-money job, had loaded up on
>>>> expensive Christmas gifts for his family and friends--on credit.
>>>>
>>>> William Sutton
>>>> (grateful to be working on a government contract)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Greg Brown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone who calls IT "recession proof" wasn't alive in 2001-2002.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Amen... *SHIVER*