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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by pm90 on Sunday September 03, 2017 @08:02PM (#15164697)
That sounds like the definition of a bribe, which is a crime. I would advise you to not make this information public or at least public under an account that can be traced back to you.
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by nailer on Monday September 04, 2017 @08:27AM (#15167737)
I'm aware of this, that's why I mentioned it. I didn't accept the bribe and am happy for this to be published under my real name.
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by rl3 on Sunday September 03, 2017 @08:12PM (#15164731)
Why should he care? He didn't say he accepted the bribe, merely that it was offered.
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by fma on Sunday September 03, 2017 @09:53PM (#15165125)
My company requires we need to report that stuff. Also need to take a training every year on what you can accept and what you can't.
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by rl3 on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:26AM (#15165719)
Perhaps it was reported. He didn't specify either way, possibly for good reason.
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Re:“Oracle laid off all Solaris tech staff in a classic sile... by icelancer on Monday September 04, 2017 @03:27AM (#15166392)
>>That sounds like the definition of a bribe, which is a crime.

It is. It happens all the time. I get similar offers regularly in my growing startup. It's usually couched better than that, but it's not rare.

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