The program I work on now has only two programmers working on it – my boss and me. The company is concerned about the situation and took steps to ensure that I don’t go shopping for a job, too. If I stick around until the end of June, they will give me a bonus. So I guess my speculations about my job status were wrong.
Of course, in July, it’s all up for grabs.
I’m still working on getting my VPN connection to work. My ISP will be out here tomorrow to replace my wireless modem with a different model, so I will be able to use the MS VPN package. I hope.
Silly sign of the day:
Free/Open Source Software
- EnabledPeople and partners deploy 50 000 Linux desktops in Brazil
- Corporate Fight Against Open Source
- Ubuntu says no to non-free video drivers for Feisty
- Portland improves Linux desktop portability
- OOXML and ISO: Fact and Fancy
- My first Linux experience: Overwhelmingly positive.
RIAA/MPAA/IFPI/BSA/FCC
- Leaked letter shows RIAA pressuring ISPs, planning discounts for early settlements
- RIAA Adopts New Policy, offers “Pre-Doe settlement option” if ISP Holds Logs Longer
- RIAA to Launch P2PLawsuits.com
- Congress to FCC: You’ve got some splainin’ to do
- Academy Award Torrent Site?
- MySpace Tries to Filter Videos for Copyrighted Content
Stupid Patent Tricks, DRM and Other IP Nonsense
- Jobs gains support from Yahoo, Monster on DRM issue
- No DRM Could Mean Cheaper Music
- Patenting Life
- Microsoft launches ‘PlayReady’ DRM system
- Google suffers setback in copyright case
- House: Judges patently in need of patent education
- BBC explains decision to go with Microsoft DRM
Other News
- How the New Dollar Coin COULD Work
- SCO subpoenas Pamela Jones
- College: Wikipedia not source for papers – Why not ban the Encyclopedia Britannica, too?
- SCO Vs. Blogger
Security/Our Rights
- Microsoft Patches 20 Security Vulnerabilities
- Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw
- FBI still losing laptops, weapons
- Time Change to Bring Computer Glitches
- YouTube Hands Over User’s Info to Fox
Big Brother