http://disqus.com/by/rward/enThu, 05 Sep 2013 12:49:11 -0000http://readwrite.com/2013/08/13/red-hat-ceo-centos-open-source#comment-1031080305<p>Given that under RHEL's terms of use, you have to uninstall it within a year after you stop paying for support, and given that if you have ANY RedHat product installed you must pay support on it if you pay for support on any other product, I wouldn't call them very open or willing to share. It allegedly is within the GPL since it's not preventing you from copying it, you simply agree to the terms if you ever want support, the main thing RedHat offers.</p>rwardThu, 05 Sep 2013 12:49:11 -0000http://youarekillingme.net/?p=393#comment-16578486<p>Great managers are few and far between. Decent managers are more common, but not as common as those who are merely adequate or worse.</p><p>Most managers either will say 'No, you really need to be at this meeting, you can work on the project later and stay late if you need to, forget about your family.' or 'Sorry, we're on the customer/vendor/executive schedule and have to have it at this time, I'm ignoring the blocks on your schedule. If you run out of time today, you can stay late, forget about your family.' This action is not an exception, but rather the rule.</p><p>So when it comes to being on customer schedule or executive schedule, how do you say, "Sorry, but I'm on my schedule, not yours? I have X things to get done today before I go home."</p><p>If you resist, you're either a primadonna (most likely) or just troublesome and not working for the good of the business. If you acquiesce, you set a precedent.</p><p>I agree that most powerful and/or influential people work two shifts. That's why I probably won't be powerful. I love my work, it's a passion for me, and I do good work. That doesn't mean it's worth missing out on precious time with my children and wife just so someone can move a product 1 day ahead of schedule.</p><p>What about when the kids get to bed? Let's lay out the schedule: Wake at 6:15, work 7A-4P, home at 4:30P. Time with family, dinner, get kids in bed by 7:30 or so, so 8-12P is booked for cleaning up after dinner, doing dishes &amp; laundry, have some time with my wife that does not involve kids yelling, maybe even watch a show on TV if I'm lucky. That leaves about an hour to do personal projects before bedtime at midnight. 6 hours is probably not a healthy amount of sleep, but I'm lucky to get it.</p><p>So, given the above, what do you propose?</p>rwardMon, 14 Sep 2009 10:27:13 -0000