"Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message news:<aauv0b$s1f$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz>...
> 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.
Hi Howard, I felt really sorry for what had happend, definately we
expect something good in near. One thing I can say is we miss a
wonderful site from a wonderful person,HJR.
> 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 Sat May 04 2002 - 00:59:47 CDT
