Well, I survived the company Christmas party last night, along with everyone else who was at the little table. Reports came in that a few of us felt a bit quezy and ben’s girlfriend did a bit more then just feel quezy. Oddly enough she was the instigator of quite a bit of the drinking so I guess it was just the social nature and good time that we were having that got us to drink more then any of us normally would. It however was probably one of the funnest night’s I’ve had out in a while, as its a small company so we all actually get along quite well.

As far as the trips go, here’s a question. I landed in Tokyo for about an hour or two so should I add it to countries I visited, as I never left the airport.

Growth, well that’s an interesting topic that I’ve been thinking of for a day or two for a couple of reasons. One is the recent departure of Jeremy Allison from Novell over the Microsoft deal. Many people have been giving him a lot of credit over it, but I think most are missing a major thing about it. This is a gentleman who has decided that what he stands for and believes is worth more to him then a job where he was no doubt fairly well paid. He’s done something that I think most of us would not have the courage to do.

He’s taken the step into something uncertain, assuming he doesn’t have another job lined up when he did this…which would then make most of the high and lofty ideal’s mute. I’m sure he won’t find a problem finding another job but its interesting to see individuals taking a stand against business’s and the practices that they do that as an individual you know is wrong. It’d be nice to see more of this happening and have it actually cause business’s to change how they actually do business. Now even in his own statements, Jeremy said he is a minor part of the group so his actions, won’t unfortunately have an effect on the company in the long run. I just wonder that if I was in a similar situation if I’d quit over it, or bite the bullet, work and continue to protest from within the company.
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