Hmm, don't mergers usually mean layoffs?<br><br>http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1136&amp;specialid=30<br><br>i.e if ou have to head offices, merged into one, you don't need two receptionists?<br><br>If you a NT shop, and you convert your 'assimilated' company unix infrastructure<br>to win32, you don't need lots of unix heads running around. Unless you retrain<br>them... I'd be heading for the door.<br><br><br><br><br><b><i>gordon dunlop &lt;astrozubenel@googlemail.com&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I think Yahoo investors want more money, Steve is going to see his<br>friendly bank manager for a bigger loan.<br>http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/165765/investors-threatening-yahoo-to-make-a-deal.html<br><br>Gordon<br><br>On 13/02/2008, Gary Short <gary@garyshort.org> wrote:<br>&gt; Yahoo turn down MS on Monday.<br>&gt; Yahoo lay off staff on
 Tuesday.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I wonder who feels most pissed off with the collapse of the deal MS<br>&gt; staff or Yahoo staff?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; --<br>&gt; Cheers,<br>&gt; Gary<br>&gt; http://www.garyshort.org<br>&gt;<br>&gt; _______________________________________________<br>&gt; dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>&gt; dundee@lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>&gt; https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>&gt; Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br>&gt;<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list<br>dundee@lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk<br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee<br>Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk<br></gary@garyshort.org></blockquote><br><p>&#32;
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