Re: So what if 8i is outta support ?

Oily wrote:

> Well that was an interesting fist fight.
> It's a pity that the employee can't gain these sort of insights before
> submitting his credentials to the mincer.
> I know where I would be happier, I have a life and interests outside
> the office, as I think any well balanced individual should have.
>
> Also, the comments that deride businesses for running old versions of
> software are ill considered. Wake up please. I would like to say 'get
> your head from out of your ass' but that would be too offensive. A
> percentage of organisations running old versions is fact in this
> industry. Most are happy to be supported within the limits of what
> they are running...fact. We make them aware of the risks, they accept
> it.
>
> Oily.

Hardly. Some of us enjoy a little scotch, neat thank you, while bantering. I take this approach because I know it is what is really happening in a lot of firms that are looking for senior talent. Better to get that perspective from me here for free than to get it in the form of net getting called for interviews. Here there is no pain.

I have one customer still running Oracle 5 on two Apollos so I'm not quite what you imagine. At the same time, if I take the position of caring about the individual, rather than the corporation, to stay on a job where you are keeping those Apollos running is a suicide mission.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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