Re: [Cooker] Re: No more fpons: keeping the Drakes happy
On 7 Nov 2003, [iso-8859-15] François Pons wrote: Leon Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there anything that either Mandrake or we could do to make your job noticeably more survivable? Thanks Leon for your though... Well, I'am not actually completely dead :) There are still some parts of me trying to continue to live :) I'am not working on the dark side, should I have to say it :) Still, sad to see you go, hopefully you'll find the time to keep contributing! d.
Re: [Cooker] Re: No more fpons: keeping the Drakes happy
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/
Re: [Cooker] Re: No more fpons: keeping the Drakes happy
Austin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Somehow I think that pizza is also available and well liked in France. Yes (by younger people mostly). I'm sure they don't snack on coq au vin and gaufres for lunch, just like We actually snack much on sandwiches with french baguette. Very few pizzas and burgers for lunch. the cafeteria here at York doesn't serve bangers and mash or prime rib with horseradish and Yorkshire pudding very often. Kinda wish they did though. Could be enjoyable (Yorkshire pudding rulz - got friends near Ipswich/UK). -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] Re: No more fpons: keeping the Drakes happy
Leon Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there anything that either Mandrake or we could do to make your job noticeably more survivable? Thanks Leon for your though... Well, I'am not actually completely dead :) There are still some parts of me trying to continue to live :) I'am not working on the dark side, should I have to say it :) Francois.
Re: [Cooker] Re: No more fpons: keeping the Drakes happy
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? 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? 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. (-: Cheers; Leon
Re: [Cooker] Re: No more fpons: keeping the Drakes happy
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 17:32, Leon Brooks wrote: Surprise free pizza (or French equivalent? Crepes? LOL. Damn that was funny! Somehow I think that pizza is also available and well liked in France. I'm sure they don't snack on coq au vin and gaufres for lunch, just like the cafeteria here at York doesn't serve bangers and mash or prime rib with horseradish and Yorkshire pudding very often. Kinda wish they did though. Austin -- Austin Acton Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto MandrakeLinux Volunteer Developer, homepage: www.groundstate.ca
