On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:29, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> As of now, there is no room for hiring or paying more.
>> What else would make Mandrake a more attractive workplace for you? > I don't understand. Is there anything that either Mandrake or we could do to make your job noticeably more survivable? I live on the other side of the planet, so I have no idea what would make your day, or the collective day of the crew at your office. Messages of encouragement? Photos of Pascal's "nice girls" with offers of hospitality for your next holiday? Surprise free pizza (or French equivalent? Crepes? Give us a head count and preferences, invite fpons along too) for lunch? Free food and accommodation for any Drake that attends LCA2004? Each time we *don't* install MS-Windows and MS-Office, we save ourselves roughly USD$400 in licence fees (MS SQL Server? I don't have that much money). If we put aside just 10% of that each time into a "keep the Drakes happy" fund and 2% towards club membership then we still save 88% and just the crew reading this list (call it 100 people installing an average of one system a month and you get USD$48,000 a year in the slush fund plus USD$9600 a year to the Club) ought to be able to employ a Drake or two by themselves - or keep the existing Drakes swamped in luxuries. (-: Cheers; Leon
