Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-20 Thread Redvers Davies
> IIRC, Sim City is one of Ken Livingstone's favorites. There can't be the option to revoke all bird feed sellers permits.

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2001-01-20 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Alex Page ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:27:18AM +, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > It should be mandatory for all public servants to be adept at Sim > > City. > > IIRC, Sim City is one of Ken Livingstone's favorites. > yip, and all devoted Sim City fan's sooner or

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2001-01-19 Thread Piers Cawley
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:34:31PM +, Leon Brocard wrote: > > > OK. We might as well do this quickly, how about Monday 12.30 at the > > New World restaurant in Chinatown. Everyone who is vaguely interested > > in a Perl Consultancy of some sort is

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2001-01-19 Thread Paul Makepeace
From: "Greg Cope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > No - just dont like the gun ho lets fry anyone on deathrow - and now a a > great chestnut one of them got to be president ... Fear not so much a leader of the Free World(tm) who is demonstrably unable to form grammatically correct sentences in his one, only

RE: RE:Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-19 Thread Andy Mendelsohn
> From: Paul Makepeace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > From: "David Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Is a million considered a lot in the UK still? > > > > Not by people who can add up. > > OK, same here then. Having said that, it's amazing how much people can > stretch a few $currency_unit

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2001-01-19 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:34:31PM +, Leon Brocard wrote: > OK. We might as well do this quickly, how about Monday 12.30 at the > New World restaurant in Chinatown. Everyone who is vaguely interested > in a Perl Consultancy of some sort is invited. Count me in. The New World's on Gerrard St

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2001-01-19 Thread Alex Page
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:27:18AM +, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > It should be mandatory for all public servants to be adept at Sim > City. IIRC, Sim City is one of Ken Livingstone's favorites. Alex

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2001-01-19 Thread Natalie Ford
At 14:55 19/01/01, Neil Ford wrote: > >Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Mmmm... so, when are we going to have a meeting about all this? >Well seeing as I will be amongst the great unwashed from next week, >anytime soon would be good. Me too!

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2001-01-19 Thread Natalie Ford
At 15:49 19/01/01, Dave Cross wrote: >I'd love to come along, but probably wouldn't have time to get there >and back during lunch. Can we do it one evening? An evening would be better for me, too... Natalie

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2001-01-19 Thread Piers Cawley
Leon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dave Hodgkinson sent the following bits through the ether: > > > Sounds like a table at the New World one lunchtime... > > OK. We might as well do this quickly, how about Monday 12.30 at the > New World restaurant in Chinatown. Everyone who is vaguely

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2001-01-19 Thread Leon Brocard
Dave Cross sent the following bits through the ether: > I'd love to come along, but probably wouldn't have time to get there > and back during lunch. Can we do it one evening? OK, Penderel's Oak 6.30pm for those who can't make it to lunch. I'll go to both and take notes. Leon -- Leon Brocard..

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2001-01-19 Thread Dave Cross
At Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:34:31 +, Leon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Hodgkinson sent the following bits through the ether: > > > Sounds like a table at the New World one lunchtime... > > OK. We might as well do this quickly, how about Monday 12.30 at the > New World restaurant in C

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2001-01-19 Thread Leon Brocard
Dave Hodgkinson sent the following bits through the ether: > Sounds like a table at the New World one lunchtime... OK. We might as well do this quickly, how about Monday 12.30 at the New World restaurant in Chinatown. Everyone who is vaguely interested in a Perl Consultancy of some sort is invit

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2001-01-19 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Neil Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > Big monitors on workstations are *not* rewards. They are essential > >> > tools for the job. Anything smaller than 19" is rapidly approaching > >>

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2001-01-19 Thread Piers Cawley
Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Big monitors on workstations are *not* rewards. They are essential > > tools for the job. Anything smaller than 19" is rapidly approaching > > too cramped for serious work. TFT monitors on workstations a

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2001-01-19 Thread Andrew Bowman
> From: Greg McCarroll [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > write a suggestions document of where the project management and > management functions are going wrong > > if they ignore it leave Do you know anywhere this has happened Greg? ;-)

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2001-01-19 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Michael Stevens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 10:32:16AM +, Michael Stevens wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:42:11AM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > yes and no. If you need to do an allnighter and its unavoidable (due to a > > > > client suddenly changing the

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2001-01-19 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Big monitors on workstations are *not* rewards. They are essential > tools for the job. Anything smaller than 19" is rapidly approaching > too cramped for serious work. TFT monitors on workstations are > rewards... 19" on the first port of the G400, a T

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2001-01-19 Thread Michael Stevens
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 10:32:16AM +, Michael Stevens wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:42:11AM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > yes and no. If you need to do an allnighter and its unavoidable (due to a > > > client suddenly changing ther mind) then theres no problem doing it .. > > > just

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2001-01-19 Thread Piers Cawley
Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > IMHO developers should be given the environment that is what makes them > > confotable, an IBM research center was on the telly the other day that > > had a big open plan style area, as well as individaul o

Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-19 Thread Piers Cawley
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:51:18PM +, Greg Cope wrote: > > > What about a bed / kip room and of course a play room - and I do not > > mean some 70's swingers thing - a P2, etc ... > > Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is,

Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-19 Thread Piers Cawley
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:42:55PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > * Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > People (no particular order): > > > > > > = Pimp = = Accountant = > > > = BOFH = = Security

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2001-01-19 Thread Michael Stevens
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:42:11AM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > yes and no. If you need to do an allnighter and its unavoidable (due to a > > client suddenly changing ther mind) then theres no problem doing it .. > > just charge em bigtime! > nope this is where your pimp/MD should of tied up t

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2001-01-19 Thread Greg Cope
Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > > > "Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > The US has much more to worry about than the UK, like high water tables, > > > > vicious weather and earthquakes. The smart money g

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2001-01-19 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And the UK doesn't have high water tables (in some places and not in others, > just like anywhere else) or vicious weather (again, in some places not in > others, just like anywhere else). But it strikes me as being absurd that I > hear EVERY YEAR of

Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-19 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IMHO developers should be given the environment that is what makes them > confotable, an IBM research center was on the telly the other day that > had a big open plan style area, as well as individaul offices, as well > as Lego. The environment was totally

Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-19 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Greg Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > > > "Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The US has much more to worry about than the UK, like high water tables, > > > vicious weather and earthquakes. The smart money goes on hosting in Texas > > > (San Anton

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2001-01-19 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: > > > Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is, IMO, a bad > > idea as it encourages pulling all-nighters. You just don't write good > > code at 2 in the morning, and end up spending just as much time

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2001-01-19 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Greg Cope ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Thats were a few people have gone wrong lately then ;-) > yup -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net

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2001-01-19 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Steve Mynott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * Aaron Trevena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > Also many hackers have more business sense than their MDs - look at > > > success of projects started by hackers or engineers versus that of those >

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg Cope
Robin Szemeti wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: > > > Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is, IMO, a bad > > idea as it encourages pulling all-nighters. You just don't write good > > code at 2 in the morning, and end up spending just as much time untangling > > it

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2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 12:11:23PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: > From: "David Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Yeah, it's always amazed me just how crap the north American power system > > seems to be. Even in cities. > > This is a different issue, http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/power.cris

Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: > Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is, IMO, a bad > idea as it encourages pulling all-nighters. You just don't write good > code at 2 in the morning, and end up spending just as much time untangling > it as you did writing it in the first p

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg Cope
Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > "Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The US has much more to worry about than the UK, like high water tables, > > vicious weather and earthquakes. The smart money goes on hosting in Texas > > (San Antonio) not California though -- relatively > > earthquak

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg Cope
David Cantrell wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:51:18PM +, Greg Cope wrote: > > > What about a bed / kip room and of course a play room - and I do not > > mean some 70's swingers thing - a P2, etc ... > > Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is, IMO, a bad > idea as

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2001-01-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
"Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The US has much more to worry about than the UK, like high water tables, > vicious weather and earthquakes. The smart money goes on hosting in Texas > (San Antonio) not California though -- relatively > earthquake/tornado/storm/etc-free! You're talk

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2001-01-18 Thread Paul Makepeace
From: "David Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is a million considered a lot in the UK still? > > Not by people who can add up. OK, same here then. Having said that, it's amazing how much people can stretch a few $currency_unit if they *don't* have investment :-) > > But then so's a 24hr stretch

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2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 09:51:25AM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: > Is a million considered a lot in the UK still? Not by people who can add up. One million will pay for ten average peoples' salaries etc plus overheads - like an office, stationery, power, heat, comms, computers, insurance - for O

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2001-01-18 Thread Steve Mynott
Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Aaron Trevena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Also many hackers have more business sense than their MDs - look at > > success of projects started by hackers or engineers versus that of those > > started by MBAs or middle managers.. > > > > busi

Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:51:18PM +, Greg Cope wrote: > What about a bed / kip room and of course a play room - and I do not > mean some 70's swingers thing - a P2, etc ... Having something to crash on when pulling an all-nighter is, IMO, a bad idea as it encourages pulling all-nighters.

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2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:42:55PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > People (no particular order): > > > > = Pimp = = Accountant = > > = BOFH = = Security Guru = > > = Perl Gurus' = = Perl Trainee

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2001-01-18 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: > People (no particular order): > > == > = Pimp = = Accountant = > == > > == = > = BOFH =

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2001-01-18 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: > There's a difference between what the conslutant gets and what the client > pays! not here at 'Redpoint Consulting' there isn't :) -- Robin Szemeti The box said "requires windows 95 or better" So I installed Linux!

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2001-01-18 Thread Paul Makepeace
From: "Leo Lapworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've got a contact who says he can get hold of a million or > so VC if this was an actually business plan, but then you > have to pay them back with interest and stuff. That's not VC then, that's a "loan". VC is where you heave up a huge chunk of cash in

[Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
In a bad mailbox incident I lost a couple of mails from BOFH inclined people. Would y'all mail me again please? Ta, Dave -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Apache, mod_perl, MyS

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg Cope
Greg McCarroll wrote: > > * Greg Cope ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Leo Lapworth wrote: > > > > > > > > > Location > > > A big pub in central London. > > > Top floors: development > > > Ground floor Pub: with comedy stand and terminal points for laptops > > > Base

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2001-01-18 Thread James Royan
anted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered [snip the first bit... all great] > >Location > A big pub in central London. > Top floors: development > Ground floor Pub: with comedy stand and terminal points for laptops Purleese wireless is the only way to go.

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Greg Cope ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Leo Lapworth wrote: > > > > > > Location > > A big pub in central London. > > Top floors: development > > Ground floor Pub: with comedy stand and terminal points for laptops > > Basement: disco / conference room, big flat s

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Tony Bowden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:42:55PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > have to pay them back with interest and stuff. > > equity surely? ;-) > > Yes. But if you're successful the "interest" rate is huge ;) > > But if you're not, well, they lose the money

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg Cope
Leo Lapworth wrote: > > > Location > A big pub in central London. > Top floors: development > Ground floor Pub: with comedy stand and terminal points for laptops > Basement: disco / conference room, big flat screens etc.. What about a bed / kip room and of course

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2001-01-18 Thread Tony Bowden
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 04:42:55PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > have to pay them back with interest and stuff. > equity surely? ;-) Yes. But if you're successful the "interest" rate is huge ;) But if you're not, well, they lose the money and not you. FWIW It's much easier to negotiate with

Re: Consultancy company was [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Leo Lapworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > People (no particular order): > > == > = Pimp = = Accountant = > == > > == = > = BOFH =

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2001-01-18 Thread James Powell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:21:45AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > At Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:16:59 +, Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > * David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:56:43PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > > > there is a big question

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2001-01-18 Thread Leo Lapworth
People (no particular order): == = Pimp = = Accountant = == == = = BOFH = = Security Guru = ==

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2001-01-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
dcross - David Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 18 January 2001 11:42 > > > > What sort of hourly/daily rate does an average PM perl programmer get > > > anyway? > > > > Anything from 30 upwards to the sky depending on the client. And the >

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:16:59 +, Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > * David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:56:43PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > > > there is a big question here, do people wan

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2001-01-18 Thread Robert Shiels
- Original Message - From: "Michael Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 18 January 2001 14:29 Subject: Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:55:08PM -, dcross - David Cross wrote: > Sounds a

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2001-01-18 Thread Dave Cross
At Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:16:59 +, Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:56:43PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > there is a big question here, do people want to create a small > > > business with a few perl

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:56:43PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > there is a big question here, do people want to create a small business > > with a few perl programmers all on largish salaries or do people want > > to create a proper consulting b

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:56:43PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: > there is a big question here, do people want to create a small business > with a few perl programmers all on largish salaries or do people want > to create a proper consulting business aiming to see it grow Both, of course :-) --

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Aaron Trevena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Also many hackers have more business sense than their MDs - look at > success of projects started by hackers or engineers versus that of those > started by MBAs or middle managers.. > business sense != project sucess there is a big question here,

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2001-01-18 Thread Aaron Trevena
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Marcel Grunauer wrote: > > Michael Stevens writes: > > >When I was working in cardiff the company I was working for would charge > >clients 500ukp/day for technical development. And this was cardiff. > > Ok, but that's for a company, with administrative overhead etc. For a

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2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:29:20PM +, Michael Stevens wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:55:08PM -, dcross - David Cross wrote: > > Sounds a tad low to me. I've never contracted as a Perl programmer for less > > than £50/hr. Normally I'd estimate at about £500/day. I'd have thought that >

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > From: Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 18 January 2001 11:42 > > > > What sort of hourly/daily rate does an average PM perl programmer get > > > anyway? > > > > Anything from 30 upwards to the sky depending on the client. And the >

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Michael Stevens
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:55:08PM -, dcross - David Cross wrote: > Sounds a tad low to me. I've never contracted as a Perl programmer for less > than £50/hr. Normally I'd estimate at about £500/day. I'd have thought that > if we were selling ourselves as top-notch Perl consultants (Dave H's >

RE: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread dcross - David Cross
From: Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 18 January 2001 11:42 > > What sort of hourly/daily rate does an average PM perl programmer get > > anyway? > > Anything from 30 upwards to the sky depending on the client. And the > programmer. And the task. Sounds a tad low to me. I've never co

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
"Robert Shiels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - Original Message - > From: "David Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 18 January 2001 11:25 > Subject: Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discover

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Robert Shiels
- Original Message - From: "David Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 18 January 2001 11:25 Subject: Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:31:02AM +, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > > >

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2001-01-18 Thread Greg McCarroll
* John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hmmm, does sound good though. > it all depends what you mean, do you mean a proper consultancy or a bunch of people getting together to share accounting/marketting? if its a proper consultancy, you'd have to wear suits, be polite and be in work for 9 in th

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2001-01-18 Thread John
David Cantrell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 06:09:32AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > > At 18 Jan 2001 10:09:04 +, Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > And on the same lines...what with all these perlmongers on the market > > > right now, just bloody band

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Neil Ford
>Roger Burton West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On or about Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:37:27AM +, Steve Mynott typed: >> >> >RH/Slackware/Debian/Solaris/FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD are all fine >> >systems but they need to be setup by someone who knows what they are >> >doing in the same way t

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Aaron Trevena
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Dave Cross wrote: > At 18 Jan 2001 10:09:04 +, Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And on the same lines...what with all these perlmongers on the market > > right now, just bloody band together and start a consultancy. > > Sounds good to me. Anyone else up

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Dave Cross
At 18 Jan 2001 10:31:02 +, Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, but [caveat] [caveat] [caveat] > > you're (we're ;-) (almost) all alcoholics with personality disorders? Depending on who we're targetting as clients, image _may_ b

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:31:02AM +, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: > David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, but [caveat] [caveat] [caveat] > > you're (we're ;-) (almost) all alcoholics with personality disorders? Actually I was thinking more along the lines of me being too damned

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
David Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, but [caveat] [caveat] [caveat] you're (we're ;-) (almost) all alcoholics with personality disorders? Why keep giving the money to the pimps^H^H^H^H^H agencies? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread David Cantrell
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 06:09:32AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: > At 18 Jan 2001 10:09:04 +, Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And on the same lines...what with all these perlmongers on the market > > right now, just bloody band together and start a consultancy. > > Sounds good t

Re: [Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Dave Cross
At 18 Jan 2001 10:09:04 +, Dave Hodgkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And on the same lines...what with all these perlmongers on the market > right now, just bloody band together and start a consultancy. Sounds good to me. Anyone else up for it? Dave...

[Job] BOFH wanted was: Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Roger Burton West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On or about Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:37:27AM +, Steve Mynott typed: > > >RH/Slackware/Debian/Solaris/FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD are all fine > >systems but they need to be setup by someone who knows what they are > >doing in the same way that Perl h

Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Michael Stevens
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 09:56:07AM +0100, Philip Newton wrote: > Robin Szemeti wrote: > > as a matter of interest what is your fave Linux or *nix install then?? > >From what I've been reading on this list, Debian seems to be argued for > quite a lot, as is FreeBSD (? I think -- one of the BSDs, an

Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 10:37:27AM +, Steve Mynott typed: >RH/Slackware/Debian/Solaris/FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD are all fine >systems but they need to be setup by someone who knows what they are >doing in the same way that Perl has to be written by clueful >programmers. And competent

Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Steve Mynott
"Paul Makepeace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From: "Robin Houston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Aww c'mon! RedHat was obviously targeted because it's the most > > widely used! None of the vulnerable software was written by RH > > (and all of it was also included in other distros). > > That's true -

Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-18 Thread Philip Newton
Robin Szemeti wrote: > as a matter of interest what is your fave Linux or *nix install then?? >From what I've been reading on this list, Debian seems to be argued for quite a lot, as is FreeBSD (? I think -- one of the BSDs, anyway). Cheers, Philip

Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-17 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote: > From: "Robin Houston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Aww c'mon! RedHat was obviously targeted because it's the most > > widely used! None of the vulnerable software was written by RH > > (and all of it was also included in other distros). > > That's true -- but how easy

Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-17 Thread Paul Makepeace
From: "Robin Houston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Aww c'mon! RedHat was obviously targeted because it's the most > widely used! None of the vulnerable software was written by RH > (and all of it was also included in other distros). That's true -- but how easy is RH to upgrade/patch? And why is RH7 ship

Re: Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-17 Thread Robin Houston
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 12:59:56PM -0800, Paul Makepeace wrote: > Just to reinforce the point that this OS is a steaming pile of crap Aww c'mon! RedHat was obviously targeted because it's the most widely used! None of the vulnerable software was written by RH (and all of it was also included in o

Red Hat worm discovered

2001-01-17 Thread Paul Makepeace
Just to reinforce the point that this OS is a steaming pile of crap, and that if you're in the unfortunate situation of actually running it, watch out (130,000 nodes scanned in 15mins): http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-202-4508359-0.html Internet worm squirms into Linux servers By Robert Lemos S