Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:29, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> As of now, there is no room for hiring or paying more. > > >> What else would make Mandrake a more attractive workplace for you? > > > I don't understand. > > Is there anything that either Mandrake or we could do to make your job > noticeably more survivable?
Ah I see now. Well I think not. We feel very lucky to work for Mandrake actually, a very versatile and enjoyable work. And we never forget we get paid for what we do, where a large number of contributors just help us for free. So we don't complain much. Well actually I speak for myself and a few others, of course other developers may/will think differently :). > I live on the other side of the planet, so I have no idea what would > make your day, or the collective day of the crew at your office. > Messages of encouragement? Photos of Pascal's "nice girls" with offers > of hospitality for your next holiday? Surprise free pizza (or French > equivalent? Crepes? Give us a head count and preferences, invite fpons > along too) for lunch? Free food and accommodation for any Drake that > attends LCA2004? Thanks for the proposals :). > Each time we *don't* install MS-Windows and MS-Office, we save ourselves > roughly USD$400 in licence fees (MS SQL Server? I don't have that much > money). If we put aside just 10% of that each time into a "keep the > Drakes happy" fund and 2% towards club membership then we still save > 88% and just the crew reading this list (call it 100 people installing > an average of one system a month and you get USD$48,000 a year in the > slush fund plus USD$9600 a year to the Club) ought to be able to employ > a Drake or two by themselves - or keep the existing Drakes swamped in > luxuries. (-: I guess good money from free software fans should go to Mandrake or to GNU (or to Debian, etc). We employees are already paid, let's not forget that's first a job we chose. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
