11.25.09

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Open Letter to Microsoft

Posted in Microsoft, Novell at 8:39 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Dear Microsoft Corporation,

I wish to recommend a very talented individual who would be a great asset to your company. You were just about to hire him a decade ago, but he did not have the required work permit.

The person at hand would be a valuable addition to Port 25, your evangelisation efforts, and also to your relationship with developers. In turn, it would also unburden the GNU/Linux community from the need to explain that it does not really stand for Silverlight, .NET, and mockery of Dr. Richard Stallman.

So please, if you have vacancies left at the moment, I urge you to hire a man called Miguel de Icaza. You won’t regret this.

Sincerely,

Roy

NB – this is not a satire or a cheap shot; it’s serious and it’s possible.

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4 Comments

saulgoode said,

November 25, 2009 at 8:49 am

Perhaps this job opening? (It appears to be the post held by Sam Ramji.)

Roy Schestowitz Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 8:57 am
…Formerly Hilf, formerly Taylor….

Apparently it’s hard to be a jerk for a living.

elland road Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
“Apparently it’s hard to be a jerk for a living”

But you make it look so easy.
dyfet said,

November 25, 2009 at 4:05 pm

I had thought he already was working there

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