> If you think it is *fun* being unemployed (at least you think it is fun
> to make fun of it...), I have some disappointing news for you: it isn't.
Nope, I did not mean to insult you on this, I was guessing from my own
experience though.
What I can see here (in the Eastern part of Germany) is that about 50%
of the unemployed people who are coming for a job either do not want
to work really because it's much easier to live on unemployment aids
(believe me, this is true), and 40% of the rest silently disappear once
they hear they won't be millionaires in a couple of months.
Ok, I understand that you are among the remaining 10% - but for me it's
very hard to imagine that you cannot find a job in the SW business
somewhere in Germany - even if it's only a Helpdesk serviceman, but a
job is a job and if you know how to install Linux on a PC, you're
more advanced than 99% of your collegues.
We're really having a hard time to get qualified people here - even
for such subtle tasks like answering on the telephone.
> I am not a learned IT Pro and the employment office refuses to pay me
> any courses in that direction. Taken the usual heavy costs of such
> training, I am stuck.
This is most unfortunate. The situation around here is very different
though. Because of the unemployment rate of about 25-30% (this is the
official rate, I think the "real" rate is only about 10%) the local
employment office is offering better services to unemployed.
But I heard that this is different in other parts of Germany ...
this is of course not very funny.
> If you'd have read my post carefully you'd know that I do not have a CD
> burner.
Well, the current rate for a 4X player is around DEM 350,-, this is
probably a lot of money for you then ?
> Oh, BTW: being unemployed doesn't mean 'having plenty of time'.
This is something I cannot understand --- what are you doing all day then ?
I'm sitting here working 12 and more hours a day, but if I were unemployed
(well, I'm self-employed ;) there should be 12 hours left for leisure.
>
> I ordered Debian 2.1 some four weeks ago from your company (using
> Navigator) and never heard anything since. Anyway I did not mean to
I cannot find your order here ... I will double-check this Monday.
As I said, we did have some problems in the past, but this should
improve now.
> badmouth your company I was just telling from my experiences... When I
> ordered M5.2 from your company it took you 2 weeks to deliver despite
> your announcements that CDs will be shipped during the next five working
> days. And it wasn't the post office that was so slow...
As I told you, I am working here 12 hours a day and more, but it's
very difficult to keep up with shipping more than 100 products and
it's even more difficult to find someone who can handle a CD burner ...
> Anyway, this is no topic for this list...
Well, certainly not - we're here in Mandrake-Expert ... sorry for these
off-topic mails folks !
I will try and check my possiblities for sending out the requested
CDROMs to you on Monday, we're currently mirroring the Mandrake 6.0,
so the CD-R should be ready by the middle of next week.
Best Regards
Bernd Hentig
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