●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, January 26, 2026 ●● ● Jan 26 [03:18] *FANTOM (~fantom@87.75.185.177) has joined #boycottnovell [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Hello [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Apologies. I'm unfamiliar with IRC and it's etiquite. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] You have a couple minutes? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] It's about an srticle you posted and/or updated yesterday. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] hi [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] How are you? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] good [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] I'm a Red Hat employee. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] i thought/assumed so [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Maybe only until Monday. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] performance improvement plan? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] No. I'm pretty high performing in [REDACTED] ops. There's a rumor of more layoffs. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] february? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Monday. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] oh. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] ibm, red hat, or part of red hat? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] They're just rumors for now, so i don't know. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kc9ef59e [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Sales compensation [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] how do the modifiers work at redhat for field sales execs? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] for example 200k otc with 50/50 comp plan. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] thanks in advance [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Yeah. I read that befor coming across your website. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] do many people talk about Monday? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] is there paper trail? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Not many. It has been confirmed that something is occuring on Monday that they don'y want to talk about. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] 'There will be an anouncement.' [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] please use something that doesn't sound similar if you write about it. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] yes, i understand [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] The link you sent me, I didn't know it existed until yesterday. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Do you know of any other resources I might be able to check out? [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] I guess it doesn't matter so much now, since it's only 2 days away. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] running searches thru public accounts now [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] drafting it now [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] It could not be layoffs. Maybe our team is merging with another. Maybe leadership is changing. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] It could be a number of things. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] I can keep you posted. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] thanks [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] All of us are nervous. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] I hate IBM. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] Red Hat used to be such a great company and place to work. [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] in published something short, will go to bed now, speak soon [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] *i [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] [03:21] schestowitz[TR2] g'night [03:22] -TechBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kc9ef59e ) ● Jan 26 [04:49] schestowitz[TR2] Re: power line shorted out [04:49] schestowitz[TR2] > Two power lines next to the house seemed to have shorted out and took [04:49] schestowitz[TR2] > out power for the neighborhood. It's repaired now and we're back online [04:49] schestowitz[TR2] > now. [04:49] schestowitz[TR2] Oh, wow. :/ [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Nuclear power plant restart botched [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > Tokyo Electric Power Company's attempt to turn on its first nuclear [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > reactor since the multiple meltdowns of March 2011 failed after a [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > few hours. [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > Japan suspends world's largest nuclear plant hours after restart [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2yy8z91n4o [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > Alarm halts Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant restart [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > The Asahi Shimbun [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16302371 [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > --- [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > The Kashiwazaki Kariwa power station has seen many incidents [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > including a significant fire following a strong earthquake in 2007. [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > Fire at Japan nuclear plant [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/3/5/fire-at-japan-nuclear-plant [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > 5 Mar 2009 (2 years before Fukushima Daiichi crisis) [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > It is the eighth fire to occur since the nuclear plant, the world's [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > largest, was closed after being damaged by an earthquake in July [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] > 2007. [04:50] schestowitz[TR2] Is there a software issue at stake here? [04:51] *TechBN has quit (connection closed) [04:51] *TechBN (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [04:51] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Failed to load module HelloWorld. Reason: Not found! [04:51] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Module HelloWorld has been removed until restarted! [04:51] *TechBN has quit (connection closed) [04:51] *TechBN (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [04:51] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Failed to load module HelloWorld. Reason: Not found! [04:51] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Module HelloWorld has been removed until restarted! [04:51] *TechBN has quit (connection closed) [04:51] *TechBN (~b0t@iijacan2vrgta.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [04:51] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Failed to load module HelloWorld. Reason: Not found! [04:51] -TechBN/#boycottnovell-Module HelloWorld has been removed until restarted! [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] >>> Did you previously notice the story about Victoria's Health [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] >>> Complaints Commissioner banning birthkeepers and sovereign birthing [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] >>> influencers and such? [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] >>> [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] >>> It was in the news after a mother died last year. [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] >> [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] >> I didn't know or hear of such a thing. [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > There have been reports about them in various countries [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > But as far as I can tell, Victoria is the first jurisdiction to issue a ban [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > I'm preparing something about it [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] > Can you see the connection? I hinted at it in a previous blog. [04:52] schestowitz[TR2] In my personal blog I wrote a lot about ONS obscuring UK deaths after the pandemic began. ● Jan 26 [06:49] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [06:55] *amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-ui3f8c.u06p.1s3m.moll9o.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [06:55] *h1sdirect0ry (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 26 [07:30] *amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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