An Introduction - Moving to KC

[JARiley at dstsystems.com]

>>I remember Stanley as a sub shop and a gas.

Don't forget about the video store in one of those old buildings on the
corner.

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James Riley
Staff Systems Programmer
DST Systems, Inc.
816.737.6951

                                                                                                    
                    Bryan Richard                                                                   
                    <bryan at pyzine.com>           To:     Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at opus1.com>     
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On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 10:41, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Richard" <bryan at pyzine.com>
>
> > The sad result of my stay on the West Coast is that I don't really
> > know what the tech climate of the Kansas City area is. I realize it is
> > probably a bit slow, but I'm more interested in what companies are
> > using, how Linux is doing, what the general feeling on Open  Source is,
> > &c.
>
> Slow.  Um, yeah.  Geologically slow.  Dead doesn't begin to describe it.
>
> If they need anybody with an  IT
> title to deal with the outsourcing or third-party service, they can
always
> send a secretary to a certification program.  She will become the CIO and
> make all technology decisions, usually based on the color of the case and
> how cool is the logo.

Fantastic. Sounds a bit like LA, only the secretaries have Pepperdine
MBAs or sitcoms on their resume.

> Open source is that radical communist stuff they do out on the coasts, we
> don't have anything to do with such things, and anybody attempting to
load
> such viral software on a company owned PC will be shot.
>
> This is a great place to move to if you want to get out of IT and become
an
> insurance salesman.  Or maybe real-estate.

Well, that's just grand. Jonathan, you've certainly painted less than a
rosy picture, but I appreciate your direct approach. It's been some time
since I've been back -- I remember Stanley as a sub shop and a gas
station and now it's apparently a part of Overland Park ;) -- but it
seems some things never change.

I'm sure Linux and OS are out there, I'm just going to have to dig for
it a bit. And shout about it when I find it.

Did I mention I know ASP? ;^)

--
Bryan

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