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Comment Re: Reverse Training (Score 2) 151

My company hired a third party to do anti phishing training. They sent the initial invitation in the phisiest way possible (from done random domain, with a link to click in the middle, and big red text saying "mandatory "). Of course, 75% or more ignored it, those that even saw it, because most of them ended up in the spam folder. So then our executives had to start begging us to go dig in the spam and go click on it to register for the mandatory class.

In which they told us not to do exactly what we'd had to do to sign up for their waste of time class.

The mind boggles.

Comment I was one of the people who leaked it (Score 1) 59

I saw it at work. I thought, "This is so unreasonable, people need to see this." I printed it, put it in an envelope with no return address, and dropped it in the mail to Commander Taco. I don't think Slashdot leaked it to Eric, I think other people also realised that was a document that needed sunlight on it.

SpringSource Acquires Hyperic, Possibly Set to Target Microsoft and IBM 130

Many sources are reporting that SpringSource has acquired Hyperic, creating a company that could go after IBM and Microsoft. SpringSource has long dreamed of being able to offer a complete open source solution that accelerates the entire build, run, manage Java application lifecycle, and Hyperic offers the last piece of the puzzle. "Regardless, the SpringSource/Hyperic combination creates a clear and present danger to IBM and Microsoft, two companies that have largely stood alone in the ability to build, run, and manage applications. It's also a significant boon to companies looking to open source to save money and improve productivity. Is it a sign of good things to come from not only SpringSource, but also open source, generally? Time will tell, but I suspect we're on the cusp of an aggressive and ambitious new phase in open-source competition."

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