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Re:Oracle buys Dyn by qwertyuiop924 on Monday November 21, 2016 @10:23AM (#13006000)
Well, this will no doubt go well.

I'm so excited to see what ...improvements... oracle will make to the Dyn product line. I mean, just look at all the exciting ...improvements... they made at Sun, and all of the other (too many to name) companies they bought out!

Re:Oracle buys Dyn by zzzzzzzzzman on Monday November 21, 2016 @10:30AM (#13006063)
As an employee of Oracle that sells Sun stuff, it really isn't all that bad :)

But we are all lol'ing at the parallels here. A number of our colleagues went to work for Dyn recently, too haha...

Re:Oracle buys Dyn by randylahey on Monday November 21, 2016 @02:26PM (#13008332)
> isn't all that bad

So, how would you characterize it? Somewhat bad? Doesn't it bother you to work somewhere so universally reviled?

Re:Oracle buys Dyn by zzzzzzzzzman on Monday November 21, 2016 @04:40PM (#13009472)
I would say that we all have become numb to the negative aspects of this job, which as you can imagine, usually include:

1) (rightfully) angry customers 2) painfully arbitrary and illogical corporate procedures 3) any sort of purpose or mission that our products fulfill

Speaking for myself, I think it's very important to realize that this job is one of the best in town, is still decently well paid, and allows you the down time required to work on "real" projects.

The ones who were capable of leaving have left. The rest of us are waiting.

Re:Oracle buys Dyn by notacoward on Monday November 21, 2016 @12:08PM (#13006962)
How do they feel about this? Are they laughing like you are?
Re:Oracle buys Dyn by zzzzzzzzzman on Monday November 21, 2016 @04:42PM (#13009490)
They are laughing yes, I don't want to speak for everyone at Dyn, but the people I know are laughing at how hard it is to escape Big Red!
Re:Oracle buys Dyn by astrodust on Monday November 21, 2016 @04:03PM (#13009199)
How long until getting set-up on Dyn requires a downloader to download an installer that might put the Ask Toolbar on your machine unless you uncheck a sneaky default?

Fucking Oracle.