Re: http://www.hjrdba.com/

I have to be extremely careful what I say.

So all I wanted to say was thank you for this thread, because I finally get to see that some people thought the material was good, which I really didn't know for sure before.

Regards
HJR "Sean M" <smckeownNO_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net> wrote in message news:3CD2E4F6.8EC8F659_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net...
> Sorry for the double-post, but just wanted to add one more thought that
> occurred to me. This whole discussion is likely very unfair to Howard.
> My guess is that he can't comment publicly on the matter (else I'm sure
> he would have by now), so we should probably just let the thread die and
> give both parties the benefit of the doubt. It's mostly speculation and
> conjecture, including my own comments.
>
> Regards,
> Sean
>
> [My views do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.]
>
> Sean M wrote:
> >
> > Andrew Mobbs wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm not sure I agree with the "as well they should". My employer makes
> > > billing software, clearly I should ensure I don't accidently write a
> > > billing system in my spare time. However, I don't think my employer
owns
> > > *everything* I think about in my spare time, even if it is
peripherally
> > > connected with the business. We don't know the details of HJR's case,
> > > so I can't comment directly on that.
> >
> > True, that comment may have gone too far. But the answer would depend
> > heavily on what sort of agreement Howard signed when he started work for
> > Oracle. I'd bet there was some pretty strict wording on what is and
> > isn't acceptable or what is and isn't owned by Oracle.
> >
> > > I negotiated a modification to the IPR clause on my employment
contract
> > > before I signed it, clarifying what I could do in my own time. Since
IPR
> > > is about half the software business, it's important to sort out where
> > > you stand with your employer (and occasionally wear a GNU t-shirt into
> > > work :-).
> >
> > Sounds like a pretty smart move, but not all employers would have been
> > as accomodating in hiring negotiaions.
> >
> > > Commiserations to Howard though, it must be very annoying to have your
> > > employer suppress something you've put so much time and effort into.
> >
> > Agreed, defintiely.
> >
> > Regrads,
> > Sean
> >
> > [My views do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.]
Received on Fri May 03 2002 - 16:20:29 CDT