[ILUG] Guess who got a job offer?

[Braun Brelin]

Well, ESR's always been kind of strange. He's one of those gun type who 
believes that gun ownership is the root of democracy. 

Braun


On 9/13/05, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> 
> Quoting John Gay (johngay at eircom.net):
> 
> > This was pointed out to me today and I thought I'd pass it along.
> >
> > http://esr.ibiblio.org/index.php?p=208
> 
> See, if _I_ had gotten that inquiry, I think I'd have written back
> something like this:
> 
> 
> Dear Mike Walters (Search Wizards):
> 
> Thank you for your letter of Sept. 8. After careful consideration, I
> regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your solicitation for a
> job application from your firm, Microsoft Corporation. This year, I
> have been particularly fortunate in receiving a number of such
> solicitations.
> 
> With such a varied and promising field of candidate employers, it is
> impossible for me to accept all solicitations. Despite Microsoft
> Corporation's no doubt commendable efforts to cope with the nightmare of
> survival in a world of open-source competitors, who are knocking the
> stuffing out of it in more of its core business areas all the time,
> without benefit of Microsoft Corporation's huge marketing budget and
> political dirty tricks, I find that your solicitation does not meet with
> my needs at this time. Therefore, I will not be able to consider it.
> 
> Best of luck in soliciting other candidates.
> 
> Sincerely,
> /s/
> 
> 
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