Re: It WAS Shorter path to MS Linux Job... (Microsoft strikes again!)

[rd@cottonwood.com (Rick Dahlgren)]

....or just save the stupid page as a text, copy it, paste it into an
e-mail and send it on.....let MS sue you for infringing on a copyright over
a posted job!

BTW...Sidewalk apparently published several copyrighted images that belong
to a friend of mine in a site they posted for a commercial
client!......baddddd boys.

Rick Dahlgren
Cottonwood Communications
rd@cottonwood.com

>Well, it WAS shorter when I picked it up.  Apparently, the .ASP code creates
>a unique "URL" on the fly based on some sort of system information.  Thus,
>they can sort of *track* who has taken a look at their site.  Obviously, the
>correct URL (below) is no longer a "shortcut".  Try going to about 2/3 down
>the page at
>http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,37272,00.html?dd.ne.txt.0602.09 to where
>the link saying (Microsoft) "IS HIRING".  I had to do so in order to find
>the site again.  (Sometimes Microsoft does things so .ASP backwards it
>amazes me they  are successful!)  By the way, Outlook 2000 absolutely
>refuses to copy and paste a URL into a plain text document; It FORCES you to
>make it an attachment.  Just a warning to those planning on making the
>switch...  The upgrade is worth it, but it still has its problems.
>
>Here is the actual URL to the page.  Unfortunately, it is just as long as
>the very first one I sent.
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/search/jobDetail.asp?fromPage=viewJobs&jobNumb
>er=17752&page=1&msid1=1763702557&msid2=300880339&msid3=-1396506496&msid4=160
>7985518Modified=20B6394E70ADBE0139
>
>For those of you that DO have HTML capable email readers, I am going to
>resend the URL as HTML in the next message.  It will make it much easier to
>get there.  Sorry Rick... Technology wins this one.
>
>Robert~
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: antitrust@essential.org [mailto:antitrust@essential.org]On Behalf
>Of James Love
>Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 10:49 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ANTITRUST
>Subject: Re: Shorter path to MS Linux Job
>
>
>Dear Robert,
>
>I couldn't find this.  Could you send me the job description or post it
>to the list?
>Jamie
>
>Robert Reese wrote:
>>
>> Here is a shorter path to the joblisting:
>>
>>
>http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/search/viewJobs.asp?MSID=45CCF3E7193611D3A5000
>> 0805FE666F2
>>
>> Same place, it's just a shortcut.
>>
>> Robert~
>> robert.reese@mindspring.com
>
>--
>James Love
>Consumer Project on Technology
>http://www.cptech.org
>love@cptech.org
>202.387.8030; fax 202.234.5176