On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, David Grove wrote:
> Absolutely it's appropriate. They think I'm paranoid and the only one who sees
> the danger. Relatively few people speak openly about it for fear of getting the
> same beatings I get on a regular basis. Frankly I think it's important for
> these guys just to realize that other people are sitting back and watching,
> with unexpressed interests.
Fear? Sure, sort of. I know that I have deliberately withheld the
names of my last three employers, and have resorted to mail forwarding,
which, by the way, David also doesn't like, and gets me filtered out by
a significant bunch of peoples' readers.
Why? Lessee...
1. I'm subverting Perl for my company's benefit, but my company doesn't
want anyone to know that.
2. My company wants to make absolutely clear that my involvement with
Perl is of my own accord, and that my company has no stake in its
success or failure, and has forbidden any association. (Even with the
standard "no involvement" caveats.)
3. Personal choice. It's none of your business. Arguments like that.
4. Fear that my relationship with my employer would be interpreted as
anything other than "I work for so and so." (Part of number 4 comes
from the inability of some folks to just handle the truth.)
How do you convince someone that 2, 3, or 4 is not 1?
Luckily, my new company is encouraging me to use their resources and
drop their name as much as possible, so I will probably be switching
at some point, which should help the above filtering problem.
--
Bryan C. Warnock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
