OK, as Simon now stated, that he has not been offered a position at Oracle, I
have to withdraw my assumption, that everybody who "passed March 1st" was
offered one...
Sorry for the confusion...
Matthias
I (Matthias Pfützner) wrote:
> You (Joerg Schilling) wrote:
> > Matthias Pfützner <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > You (?????? ?????? (Martin Bochnig)) wrote:
> > > > Did you notice? Their first move after the takeover was to lay-off Sun
> > > > open-source officer Simon Phipps. Can you explain this with your
> > > > logics from above? How would you?
> > >
> > > He left on his own:
> > >
> > > http://twitter.com/webmink/status/10861922797
> > >
> > > http://webmink.com/2010/03/08/sundown/
> > >
> > > As he left on March 8th, and the change to Oracle in the UK was on March
> > > 1st,
> > > it's absolutely clear, that he decided on his own to leave Oracle. He had
> > > a
> > > job at Oracle, otherwhise he would have left BEFORE March 1st! So, do not
> > > TURN
> >
> > Unles you can explain us the legal situation in Britain, you seem to make
> > assumptions that have not been proven.
> >
> > In Germany there is paragraph 613a BGB (Betriebsübergang) that grants the
> > continuation of a job even if the company is sold. If there is something
> > similar
> > in Britain, your asumptions are false.
>
> I know from a lot of my colleagues inside Sun/Oracle, that ALL that saw the
> LEC have had new contract-offers and have to had those signed BEFORE.
>
> >From that I assume, that this is the same for Simon. Yes, an assumption, but
> based on infos from a lot of colleagues over there in UK!
>
> And the BGB is one of the reasons, why LEC in Britain was earlier than the LEC
> in Germany (expected July 1st).
>
> > > truth to FUD, like you try to do for days, if not weeks lately!
> >
> > The text in his Blog seems to be neutral and I cannot see a hint that
> > proves one
> > or the other.
> >
> > In Germany it is completely unusual to leave a company on days different
> > from
> > the end of a month or at least the mid of a month. If someone leaves at
> > March
> > 8th and does not immediately start a new job, this would be a hint for
> > being
> > fired. Without an explanation from Simon, everything is speculative.
>
> Yes, it might be good to hear from Simon, but, as stated, everyone that saw
> March 1st had an offer from Oracle (afaik)...
>
> > Note that Simon originially claimed that he does not yet know whet to do
> > next.
> > The fact that he now is a director at the OpenSource Initiative does not
> > help
> > us....
> >
> > Jörg
>
> Matthias
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