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Re:The Curse of Xanadu by davidw on Monday August 31, 2009 @01:35AM (#795493)
That must have been at Linuxcare... I was there too and have a few memories of him.
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Re:The Curse of Xanadu by davidmathers on Monday August 31, 2009 @04:01AM (#795593)
Yes. My project there was to build the linuxcare.com website in the 3 weeks between the day they got funded and the first LinuxWorld Expo. Roger worked on the website with me.

I remember being introduced to you in the hallway one day, but I don't think I saw you again after that.

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Re:The Curse of Xanadu by davidw on Monday August 31, 2009 @06:08AM (#795675)
Yeah, I started sometime after the LinuxWorld Expo. Roger later got let go by the guy they brought in to be a 'CTO' sort of guy, Sal Meola (who was in turn let go, and subsequently replaced by the infamous Doug Nassaur: http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4883&cid=11425... )
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Re:The Curse of Xanadu by davidmathers on Monday August 31, 2009 @06:43AM (#795701)
Haha, I couldn't remember why I didn't take a job there. Thanks for reminding me. After I met Sal Meola I said to David Sifry: "wtf?" David assured me that he was someone who "got things done", but I really couldn't bear the thought of working with him.
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Re:The Curse of Xanadu by davidw on Monday August 31, 2009 @07:10AM (#795717)
He wasn't great, but Doug... shudder. If Sal was perhaps not the right guy for the job, Doug inspired outright loathing in people.
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