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Re: [LUG] Open source attitude?

 

John Horne wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 14:53 +0100, Ian bell wrote:
> 
>>>What I can't figure out is what 'attitude' is it that OSS people are
>>>supposed to have? 
>>
>>Why not ask whoever it was asked you?
>>
> 
> Ah, yes well :-) At the time I just said 'Yes, fine'. It was only
> afterwards that I started to wonder what they actually meant, and then
> realised that it was pointless anyway (no funding and way too soon).
> Unfortunately my own manager was not impressed by this sort of thing at
> all (wasting time on something that may never happen etc etc), and let
> the other person know. As such I'd rather not ask them - I should have
> done so at the time I was asked I guess. Office politics and all that.
> 

Now I remember why I am glad I retired early ;-)

Ian

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