2nd OSS Engineering Workshop Papers Online

josephfeller writes: "'Meeting Challenges and Surviving Success: The 2nd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering' was held last week at the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2002), in Orlando, FL. The 15 workshop position papers and the workshop introduction are available for free download."

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I whack off to pictures of Jessica Alba

[Anonymous Coward]

More than 8 times a day. Someone please pass the sore cream.

interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

The papers are quite interesting actually.

It is too bad that people who write OSS software actually destroy programming as a well paid profession.

The more code (libraries, components, etc) is available for free, the easier it is to write most programs. So, the less we are paid.

This WILL happen. It is happening now.

The more libraries and free code are available, the easyer is to write programs, so writing programs is cheaper.

Also, if people get used to getting software worth millions of lines of source code for free (as in beer) they get used to the idea that "software is free beer". It's a psychology thing.

If the OS, the web server, the office suite, etc. cost money, then business people will be used to the idea that software costs money.

If most things are free (beer), in time, the business people will get accustomed to the idea that software should be free or very inexpensive.

So, programmers will be paid less.

:-(

Re:interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

As a future CS student and future software engineer, mod this up please!

Re:interesting

[WickedLogic]

Software should be inexpensive. It is the people that keep it running that are expensive. No matter how easy/automated software gets someone has to make and keep it that way.

Re:interesting

[stoolpigeon]

Programmers, like any other profession, will be paid based on supply and demand. There will always be a need for custom software. (I would love to see what percentage of software engineers work on products intended for resale - I bet it is lower than everyone thinks)
Open source, better tools that make programming easier, etc. will not destroy the profession as there will always be a need for qualified professionals to do difficult work.

On the other hand - it may make it more difficult for those w/a very narrow background or small skill sets that are easily mastered by others. And what is wrong w/that?

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Linux is Dying

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Open Sores Movement in the Dumps!

An analyst on the street must have seen RMS recently making the open sores community look even worse. It looks like the street has lost confidence in VA Linux (LNUX). It is down 0.07. RedHat is down 0.19. The U.S. government is looking into allegations that Sun Microsystems (SUN) has stolen code from Microsoft. This would definitely border on corporate espionage. An annonymous source suggests that Sun Microsystems is run by communists. International Business Machines (IBM) was hit rather hard by news that the number of Linux installations is dropping. A definite sign that Linux is Dying. International Business Machines is currently down 2.34.

Investors Happy With Non-Linux Firms

Linux is Dying

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The Pro-Linux Camp is HURTING!

The pro-linux company VA Linux (LNUX) is currently down by 0.07. This is no surprise as the open sores nightmare continues. RedHat is down 0.19. Fortunately for those security concious individuals will soon no longer have to worry about Sun Microsystems (SUN) as it is currently down 0.76. I say this because open sores software has more bugs and problem than closed source. We can only hope it will be de-listed soon. It is obvious GNU/Linux is causing more economic problems as seen by International Business Machines (IBM), a pro-linux company, their stock is currently down 2.34.