[San-Diego-pm] FWD: [IP] more on Hard time? Not for cyber criminals

[Menolly]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, C. Abney wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 15:05, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > >>>>> "C" == C Abney <cabney at ucsd.edu> writes:
> >
> > C> I tell that story to anyone that betrays he or she is thinking of
> > C> applying for a job at Intel.
> >
> > But it's not Intel!  See <http://www.lightlink.com/fors/> for details.
>
> Not Intel??? Whoah.  I know the law in Oregon is truly bad.  That's
> clear.  And the Oregonian and the judge are beyond merely stupid.  They
> MUST be corrupt.  But how can you hold Intel blameless... aren't they
> the prosecution?

I've been told the Intel did not want to prosecute, but Oregon wanted to
test their laws and ran with it.  Feel free to add salt to taaste; I so
not claim to speak with authority on this.

> > C> I'll bet I'm not alone.
> >
> > In that sentiment, no.  But please, the problem is about bad laws,
> > not about Intel in particular.
>
> I don't see how Intel is not a place to avoid.

I interned at Intel; they have an excellent internship program and I
enjoyed my time there quite a bit.  I probably could have returned after
graduation, but I decided I'd rather work in a software-oriented company
instead of doing internal software for a hardware company.

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