Re: Flávio Glock hired by Portuguese IT Company Vertical One

In the Research and Development department, Flávio will have a fundamental role in the development and research of innovations for the Portuguese market, besides the continuation of his valuable work for the Perl Community.

I stumbled upon your post because as I wrote elsewhere I often start my visits to the Monastery from Worst Nodes, and it was listed there. I ++'d it since I see no reason why it should have a negative reputation, although I can understand the concerns of some who may have possibly downvoted it due to the fact that it is more of a personal ad in favour of one Perl-person than an actual piece of Perl News proper . Thus you may want to consider adding some details about which consequences this may possibly have for the Perl world itself. For example, will this Vertical One sponsor or at least support some of the development Flávio could do for his ongoing project, which you listed?

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Re^2: Flávio Glock hired by Portuguese IT Company Vertical One by ruoso (Curate) on Jun 26, 2007 at 09:43 UTC
Maybe I'm too close to the Perl 6 development, maybe I'm too close to the company itself. But considering Flávio is one of the main names in the Perl 6 development, I thought it was of public interest that Flávio is moving from Brazil to Portugal to work in an Open Source Company. Anyways, as I already updated in the original post, not only he will have support from the company, as the continuation of his work is part of his assignments. Having Flávio working in his own projects, as you probably understand, is very much important for Vertical One, because, as the Perl Community as a whole, the company is very much interested in the results of this projects. daniel	[reply]
Re^2: Flávio Glock hired by Portuguese IT Company Vertical One by ForgotPasswordAgain (Vicar) on Jun 26, 2007 at 10:48 UTC
I can understand the concerns of some who may have possibly downvoted it due to the fact that it is more of a personal ad in favour of one Perl-person than an actual piece of Perl News proper I'll be honest and admit that I downvoted it, sorry if I'm a party pooper. The reason I downvoted is that it's a press release, sounds very much like a press release, released by a company to promote themselves. I want to read the wisdom of Perl monks here, not newsvertisements which I can find in abundance all over the place whether I like it or not. And why would fglock not simply mention it himself?	[reply]
Re^3: Flávio Glock hired by Portuguese IT Company Vertical One by blazar (Canon) on Jun 26, 2007 at 11:01 UTC
And why would fglock not simply mention it himself? Out of unpretentiousness and/or having more important stuff to do?	[reply]
Re^3: Flávio Glock hired by Portuguese IT Company Vertical One by ruoso (Curate) on Jun 26, 2007 at 11:28 UTC
Yes, that's the pourpose of the voting system at all. But I disagree on your reasoning. News is not "newsvertisement" just because it refers a company. The event itself is more important than the company who protagonized it. daniel	[reply]