7/30/02 9:57:22 AM, "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>anyone fancy starting a "Save Civilme" petition????
>
>Seems a big shame that the guy who fronts to the users more then any other
>Mandrake employee is gettting kicked..
>
>Nuts for mandrake really.. since Civilme and Vincent are the two main
>reasons these mailing lists are held in such high esteem. And these mailing
>lists are what got Mandrake where they are now... (the good stuff I mean.)
>
>He is the face (figuratively speaking) that most of associate to mandrake..
>I don't even know the CEO's name, and I don't really want to since he
>probably doesn't write code. :-) (and he is probably just a Suit.)
>
>Lets face it, with Linux it's the knowledge we value, and for that Civilme
>is valuable indeed.
>
>
>rgds
>
>frank
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of tek1
>Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:19 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Fwd: [newbie] Problem with LM 9.0 - DON'T LEAVE US???
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>
>you will be truly missed civileme. you have provided the user community
>with so much help and been pivitol in the acceptance of mandrake as one of
>the best linux distributions. it's mandrakesoft's loss to let you go, but
>hopefully they can bring you back quickly, as soon as things improve for
>them. regardless of what happens, i'm certain that great opportunities
>await you.
>
>again, thank you for all your wonderful assistance.
>
>
>
>>On Monday 29 July 2002 06:09 pm, you wrote:
>> > --- civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > > My involvement with the fixing process is
>> > > becoming distant as I struggle to complete a few
>> > > more testing tools
>> > > before my lay-off is effective. (two days hence).
>> > >
>> > > Civileme
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Take a look at what we have here, someone who has a lot of skills, deals well
with people and seems to have lot of drive!! This is someone that should have his
own tech support business. I dont think that I have ever met anyone who was
REALLY happy with his or her job working for someone else for more than a few
years. Self employment has been a great way for me and a number of folks I know
to get out of this rut.
I would think that if someone like civilme were to open some sort of Linux tech
support business even if only starting by selling his services on ebay in a few
months or a year he could really do very well for himself and never have to worry
about a layoff again.
And what a asset to linux!!
Even if people running linux are famous for reading the fine manual and working
out problems for themselves some need a answer quick or just do not have the
time to find the answer on their own. This could be the perfect time to start such a
venture now that Walmart is selling computers with Mandrake Linux allready
installed and the general public may start to use mandrake more. Or for that matter
look at how many Mandrake linux items are sold on ebay every day. I bet a good
percentage of these people have some amount of trouble getting things running right
and if they saw tech support services being auctioned off at ebay would jump at it.
Just my 2 cents worth and maybe some food for thought
Marc
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