No, that would be worse! At least I'm going against traffic and away from the sun... J

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No, it's kind of odd. The vast majority of the team is in Duluth. They're up to about 26 developers, ~30 QA, etc. We were just down there in time to watch Ivan tear the place apart. They've shipped their director of development up here to open a new, cheaper, office. I guess hiring folks is easier and less expensive in Toronto these days. The plans last I heard was to have a team 10 or 12 including devs, QA and designers. They're hiring down in Atlanta as well. All in all, a growing team. But you're right, it really does feel like a family. I really look forward to the work. J

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He's still there. :) He does the "bootcamp" for new employees - accounting 101. His official title is "Distinguished Engineer" - I want - but he's still a big accounting geek. And yes, he's quite cool and very smart. I expect to learn a great deal from him. J

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:) That's him. 17-year old code base and he started it all. There are still C macros in there for some modula2 type things. J

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Not in Atlanta. They just opened a new Canadian office and we're justing getting going. Peachtree is now owned by Best (owned by Sage in the UK), and Best owns most every small and mid-sized accounting package in North America. AccPac, Simply, MAS90, BusinessVision, Timberline(?), etc. So you know Seth? :) J

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Nope. Mississauga. :( I live in Markham. Hell of a commute. J

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Howdy howdy. Remember me? :) Miss me? :jig: I'm back to Windows code now and figured it was time to get back to CP. What have I missed? Kidding. I'm working for these guys[^] now building this[^]. Any other Best Software lurkers out there? How about ex-Best types? :) Anyways, CP has been a terrific reference for me in the past, and I look forward to all you can teach me about .NET. J

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"What good is a ring, if you don't have any fingers, Mr. Baggins?" J

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David Gallagher wrote: You can't beat 3 hours of someone reading exactly whats on the slides to you. How about 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for 3 terms? Welcome to my university life. And to add insult to injury, they'd hand out printed copies too... J

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Care of Opus, "You can lead a yak to water, but you can't teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke." J

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Don't forget the Argos. And Mel Lastman. J

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I always use joe@there.net. Don't know why. J

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I hate to do this to you dude, but, uh, repost[^]. J

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Derek Lakin wrote: it will probably come out under GPL or something like that Good for you! Don't let people convince you that you should use BSD or something else less restrictive. GPL means software freedom. Now where's my flame-retardant underwear? J

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Anyone seen this? My wife and I watched the first two episodes last night. She thought it was pretty dull, but I enjoyed it. It's not spectacular, but definitely entertaining. J

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Oh they block Anonymizer too. Found it through another anonymous proxy. J

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Our IT department blocks that page. Is it a sex toy? J

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Uh huh. I'm at work. They moved the deadline on me, and then dropped 2 weeks worth of bugs in my lap with only a week to do them. They were still deciding on algorithms yesterday - we freeze today. I worked last Sunday. And two Sunday's before that. Two weeks before that I worked through the whole weekend. A month before that I had to cancel the only week of vacation I had with my wife and daughter. I love this fuckin' contract. J

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It is a sad sad day. J

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Um, I have uh... a friend, right, a friend :~ who lives in Ontario, CA. Um, where is the club? J

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