roark wrote:
] In the interest of fair play, you might point out that you are
] friends with the guy who got busted for "intellectual
] tampering" with Blackboard's transaction system--and who
] received a cease & desist order from Blackboard as a result.
]
] BTW, I'm a former Blackboard employee. Worked there four
] years. Am I proud of everything Blackboard has done over the
] years? Nope. But it's a good company populated with plenty of
] decent free-thinking people. Particularly the techies, some of
] the most fierecly independent and idealistic folks I've ever
] met, and a group with whom your hacker friend would probably
] fit right in.
]
] I'd encourage you to know more before you dismiss the company.
] That's all.

your point is well made, and I will apologize for the excess of vitriol. There is no black and white, and i'm sure even companies as corrupt as SCO have some admirable people working for them. Nonetheless, such folks don't make every corporate action defensible, and it's more sad than anything when good people are hurt by bad management decisions. As such things go, BB is probably relatively low on the list of evil companies.

i truly hope that the good people of BB have not been damaged unduly by poor high level decisions.

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