oo-er...

[Denny]

On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 10:51 +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 11:06:05PM +0100, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> 
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/27/wardley_zimki_fotango/
> 
> http://techwag.com/index.php/2007/07/28/how-not-to-quit-your-job/
> 
>     Splashy and stupid, making the next gig a bit harder to find (who wants
>     to hire someone who is going to resign in public) in the longer run.

>From your link:
> he might have wanted to tell his bosses first rather than making
> a public and messy way of getting out of a job.

>From the Reg article:
> the open source refusal contributed to his abrupt resignation,
> which occurred in writing this morning before the keynote.

So, not a massively impressive bit of investigative journalism from
Techwag there.  Maybe they got bored after they read the headline of the
Reg article.

As for the question posed (who wants to hire someone who is going to
resign in public), I guess the answer is 'a company that admires his
ethical position'.  Stop laughing at the back.