Vincent Danen /*is*/ was about to be the first victim and the clear syndrome that the new CEO is dumber than Dilbert's Pointy-Haired Boss. Update2: Adam Williamson is however a sure victim.
vdanen, in Bon Voyage, Mandriva!: «Well, I received some horrid news today. As of December 31st, my contract with Mandriva will be terminated and I will no longer be working for Mandriva. We’ve got a new CEO now, and he’s determined there is to be no remote contractors, and as a result I’ve been booted from the camp, so to speak. Over the last 8.5 years, I’ve seen CEOs come and go, restructures, other remote contractors get the boot, I’ve lived through the bankruptcy protection, been denied raises due to financial circumstances. Pre-bankruptcy protection I endured getting paid piecemeal as they could afford it… in short, I’ve literally put blood, sweat, and tears into my job for this company and have endured where others did not… I’ve stayed on when others left, and I’ve managed to avoid the axe when others got cut. Well, that changed this morning.»
Hervé Yahi, le couillon du siècle.
UPDATE & ERRATUM: «Apparently it was a mistake that my name was on the chopping block. [...] The phone call from our new CEO ensures me that my contract is not being terminated.»
Hervé Yahi, toujours le couillon du siècle.
UPDATE 11/28: But Adam Williamson is indeed on the list of people no longer with Mandriva: Bye bye.
Hervé Yahi, le plus couillon de tous les couillons du monde.
11 comments"Over the last 2 hours there has been a flurry of communication. Thank you *so* much to those folks who commented here and have sent me emails. It is very much appreciated. I am not, however, leaving. Apparently it was a mistake that my name was on the chopping block. So, for the time being at least, I am not going anywhere. The phone call from our new CEO ensures me that my contract is not being terminated."
I am sad to see Adam fired, as he has been very good in PR's and tech help in general user's forum... I think he will be missed for that... I am not really a Mandriva user, although I sometimes set it up on some customer's box whenever it doesn't handle any Debian offsprings...
I am wondering if (once again) Mandriva is going down the drain...
Maybe there will be some irony in all that, and Adam will get hired by Canonical (after is famous blog post denouncing Mark's sabotage of the FLOSS world !)
OMFG!!!!!!1 With what part of the fucking body does the new CEO think with??!?!?!1
With the asssss-hole!
In other news, some naïve people are writing open letters to such a jerk:
http://rodgerdean.org/blog/2008/11/28/open-letter-to-mrherve-yahi-mandriva-ceo/
Well, in the face of capitalism, open letters and petitions = zero. Maybe in a democracy they'd count .. but there's no such thing! Arghh!
"Destroy this City of Delusion
Break these walls down
I will avenge
And justify my reasons
With your blood" - Muse 'City of Delusion'
S'il y a une crise économique, on peut supposer que:
les particuliers différeront leurs achats de PC, et seront moins sensibles aux charmes de nouveaux matériels (sauf s'ils doivent prouver qu'ils sont riches, souvent par snobisme : mais alors, un Mac n'est pas si mal.).
des linux sexy et orientés vers les nouveaux matériels (une des spécialités de Mandriva) auront plus de mal à s'imposer.... et les utilisateurs reconnaissants auront plus de mal/de goût à acheter des versions "commerciales" après avoir vérifié que la version libre n'est pas si mal....
Dans la partie sexy, la chose la plus inutile est bien les relations publiques (peut être confiée à des décérébrés, cf Reagan, par effet de l'âge et de la maladie, et Sainte Victime, sans doute de naissance).
Il est très vraisemblable que la partie orientée vers le grand public de Mandriva n'ait que peu d'espoir d'être rentable un jour, même si les utilisateurs en sont heureux...
En matière de licenciement, on emploie souvent la "règle" de licencier le plus récemment embauché ....
En ce qui concerne Adam, j'ai remarqué qu'il a deux talents (il est diplômé en histoire et excellent en support informatique; en plus, il sait être assez pédagogue) et je ne m'inquiète pas trop pour lui... si l'info est vraie et durable...
You disagree with CEO's decision??
Sign up this petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/qws589/petition.html
Bye
Marcello
Petitions don't work in capitalism: it isn't about a "democratic decision", it's about how a (usually dumb) CEO understands to lead a company.
Si les PDG sont idiots, comme d'hab ("usually dumb"), comment Yahi peut il être
"le plus couillon de tous les couillons"?
La concurrence a l'air d'être fort rude (avec des conséquences plus graves que de licencier un célibataire très talentueux) .... et le siècle n'a que 8 ans (fort désagréables, j'en conviens).
Comments are closed, complaints to info@.
Vincent a publié un démenti depuis... C'est vrai que ça aurait été une erreur...