From: Steven Lumos Date: 2006-09-22T09:36:19+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Rejected Ruby book ideas by O'Reilly Paul Lutus writes: > Berger, Daniel wrote: > > / ... > >>> Haven't you been reading the technical press lately? You are >>> doing your employer a disservice by seeming to use your QWest >>> soapbox (your status as a QWest employee) to criticize a book >>> publisher. >> >> >> >> What in the world are you talking about? Qwest is a telecom. We do not >> publish books. There is no conflict of interest here. > > Right. And George Bush is not a religious leader. It is all in how people > see things, not what they actually are. You are not paying attention to > appearances. > >> And there was no criticism in my question. > > No one said or implied that there was. I called it a personal grievance -- > that seems accurate. Wow, Paul. Perhaps you could be bothered to read the lines prefixed with '>>> ' above. Particularly the last two lines. Especially the 9th word of the third line. >> Please, don't try to guess why I'm asking - it won't work. > > Too late for that. You are far too transparent. > > And you are posting on matters having nothing remotely to do with your > employment, on company time. Your argument that there is no conflict of > interest is a double-edged sword -- it means you shouldn't be spending > company time on it. > > -- > Paul Lutus > http://www.arachnoid.com It's pretty safe to say I have no dog in this race...or whatever it is. It does seem to me that if somebody has a seekrit project, they ought to keep it that way by doing their own research. (Why not just ask O'Reilly? You've already broadcast what you're doing anyway.) But sheesh with the conspiracy stuff already. The most likely thing is that Daniel will get a small number of responses. After careful analysis he'll realize that whatever he thought he was observing was just a coincidence and everybody can be friends again. That is unless acting like he's the detective and ruby-talk is his confidential informant causes this thread to be posted to /. as "All Ruby Fans Claim ORA Kicked Their Dog". Heaven help us then. Please don't anyone get a quote from Torvalds on this. Steve