-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Brian Caulfield On Start-ups
,----[ Quote ]
| First there was the cheap revolution. That was
| all about using commodity parts, such as
| Intel's ( INTC - news - people )
| processors, to knock down the price of
| computing power. Then came the free
| revolution. That was all about free software,
| such as Linux. Now there's "less than free."
|
| The best example: Google's ( GOOG - news -
| people ) strategy of sharing ad revenues with
| hardware partners that are building devices
| around the Internet giant's Android smart
| phone operating system. That's helped Google
| grab a respectable chunk of the smart phone
| software market in a hurry. Now Google could
| do the same with its Chrome OS software for
| netbooks, making already-cheap devices
| cheaper.
`----
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/08/startups-apple-google-technology-sneak-peek-10-caulfield.html
Auld Lang Syne on the Linux Blogs
,----[ Quote ]
| "My New Year's resolution is to retire
| gracefully, but I keep getting job offers,"
| blogger Robert Pogson told LinuxInsider.
| "Perhaps I will find some career change with
| which an old man can live.
|
| "Perhaps I will do part-time work or write
| full-time instead of teaching," he added.
`----
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/68976.html
Recent:
Open Source Could Create Better Election Software, Jobs
,----[ Quote ]
| You may know the Federal Election Commission if you've ever been involved
| with national politics. The FEC is the regulatory agency that administers and
| enforces federal campaign finance laws; it's sort of like the IRS but
| specifically for congressional and senate campaigns. Any serious candidate
| for public office on a national level has to file campaign finance reports
| routinely or face administrative penalties. Along with campaigns themselves,
| political committees called PACs are also regulated by the FEC and must file
| regularly.
`----
http://linux.com/news/software/developer/27679-open-source-could-create-better-election-software-jobs
Save a job with open source
,----[ Quote ]
| My own home county of Buncombe in western North Carolina will be letting
| about 80 teachers go with the current budget. Like many other government
| agencies, and businesses, they simply don't have enough money coming in.
|
| But, Wollenberg asks, why don't we save money for teachers, by switching to
| FOSS (free and open-source software), he's not talking about major changes,
| like switching from Linux to Windows on desktops. He's talking about taking
| small steps. As Wollenberg points out, it's not so much that the school
| systems have problems with open source; it's that they're reluctant to adopt
| anything new.
|
| [...]
|
| For instance, Microsoft has finally given up on Microsoft Money. Intuit, of
| course, wants all those customers to go over to Quicken. But, should they?
| Shouldn't they at least consider GnuCash?
`----
http://blogs.computerworld.com/save_a_job_with_open_source
Is Open Source a Good Career Bet for Developers?
,----[ Quote ]
| With any article whose premise is ensuring the safety of your programming
| career, it's tempting to try to hook your attention with fear, uncertainty,
| and doubt about the state of the economy. I could point at all those layoff
| statistics. Or I could frighten you by bringing up the spectre of your job
| going overseas.
|
| But that's not the point, really. Our career choices affect us personally no
| matter what the economy looks like. We all have to find a balance between
| what we love to do and work that someone else will pay for. (This is why I
| cannot brag about my remarkable career from consuming chocolate; I've never
| found someone to pay the bills for it, alas.) To make the best career
| choices, you must become aware of where the market is going. And then you
| have to fine-tune your expertise so that your skills stay in-demand... or so
| that you can develop new skills that shortly will be in demand.
|
| [...]
|
| And the good news for open source developers is that
| comparing "programmer," "programmer open source," "programmer .net"
| and "programmer java" yields a happy chart for open source developers. The
| overall programmer salary averages $73,000 per year, and the Java and .NET
| developers earn just over that ($76,000). (Or, to be more rigorous, more jobs
| are advertised with those salaries.) In contrast, open source developers are
| offered $83,000--a nice raise.
`----
http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/article/is-open-source-a-good-career-bet-developers
Linux Courses Increase Job Options for Techs
,----[ Quote ]
| For software programmers and developers worried about layoffs and job
| security in these tough economic times, the answer may be as clear as the
| screen on your cell phone. That's because manufacturers of small consumer
| equipment like cell phones and PDAs need programmers trained in embedded
| Linux to hand-tune the product's software code.
`----
http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-09-2009/0004952263&EDATE=
Where the Tech Jobs Are, Part 1
,----[ Quote ]
| "In a recession, headcount looks like a cost center, but open source can turn
| employees into profit centers -- or, at worst, into less costly cost
| centers," he said.
|
| "For example, let's say an enterprise needs [an enterprise content
| management] system, perhaps for outsourcing documentation or to build a new
| catalog system -- or perhaps for a workflow system around approval of
| executive documents. Traditional IT would invite vendors to do a dog-and-pony
| show," Asay explained, "ultimately culminating in a purchase of software
| licenses and services to make the licenses useful to the enterprise." The IT
| staffer is then mostly responsible for coordinating others' efforts, and the
| associated expenses.
|
| An open source savvy IT person, by contrast, would download an open source
| ECM solution and tweak it to save the company license and services
| fees -- "and the risk that the software wouldn't work as advertised," said
| Asay.
`----
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/65705.html
Training program to create 100,000 jobs
,----[ Quote ]
| LUPA (Leadership of Open Source University Promotion Alliance), a Chinese
| open source software community, plans to initiate a training project for the
| country's computer and software graduates as low-cost open source software
| development is gaining popularity in the current financial crisis.
`----
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-12/19/content_7324052.htm
Linux and your worth in the Job Market
,----[ Quote ]
| As bad as the economy is right now, there are quite a few jobs out there.
| Especially for Linux System Administrators/Engineers!
`----
http://www.linuxdynasty.org/linux-and-your-worth-in-the-job-market.html
Gameloft Moves 1,000 Desktops to Ubuntu Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| âItâs been a pretty big deployment, well over 1000 desktops and itâs been a
| huge success,â crows the source. âUbuntu does the same job [as Windows] for
| zero cash. The most painful thing about the change over was moving to
| Thunderbird from Outlook. No one has batted an eyelid about moving to Gnome.â
`----
http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/03/gameloft-moves-1000-desktops-to-ubuntu-linux/
Related:
French police deal blow to Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
`----
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAks5OTUACgkQU4xAY3RXLo773gCggtBZNdks+YHxCTG7ckieQTBo
ULUAn1mHsPAHvQpr4dd4/BreWTm7vIrU
=dehK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
