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Gates: Open Source Kills Jobs
theodp writes "On the Malaysian leg of a whirlwind Asian tour, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates voiced his concerns over the growing goodwill towards open source, especially in Asia, emphasizing how damaging open source software can be. 'If you don't want to create jobs or intellectual property, then there is a tendency to develop open source. It is not something you do as a day job. If you want to give it away, you work on it at night,' he said. Gates, who apparently has never contended with the horrors of a VB upgrade, when on to say that '[Open source] doesn't guarantee upward compatibility.'"
American Jobs for American Workers. Stop this obscene betrayal of American Workers, led to believe that the IT revolution would change their lives, only to have the promise betrayed by their own government. UNIONS NOW! PROTECTIONS NOW!! Remember, it's your CHILDREN who will suffer from letting these predatory foreigners take your jobs, your homes, and your careers. DON'T TOLERATE THEM at work. Shun them and ostracize them and above all DON'T HIRE THEM. If you know of an illegal H1B report him immediately to the US. Department of Commerce. Find a lawyer and sue the company that you know hires them. I lost my home and my fortune because these vultures took my career away. Do what you have to do to stop them.
Speaking as someone who has more than ten years experience in the trades (electrician, plumber, carpenter, and more); and who has done, like most of my colleagues, thousands of hours of volunteer work, all I can say is that despite any qualifications you might have, you fail the human being test, and are also a Damned Fool.
Fuck You, greedy prick. If the only thing that you have to do is to troll with idiot comments like the one you produced here, then all I have to say to you is Get A Life and start contributing. Otherwise other people might decide not to help you out when you need it.
Moron.
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
Heh. So many contractors on Slashdot. You'd think the real world was full of small companies literally filled to the brim with contractors, one at each desk, all diligently working to the letter of their contract, not one iota more, because thats what's in their contract.
The real world is full of salaried employees who do their job in the hope that the company can be profitable and therefore the employee can have a stable job future. Often times they work long hours during the last stages of the project knowing full well that management isn't to blame, it's the team's fault, for not having put in the necessary hard hours earlier in the project, for not communicating with their team workers so that everyone's on the same page and not duplicating or wasting effort.
Contractors are found at large companies who don't know any better and are willing to pay a premium for someone who'll screw them over at the drop of a hat.
Small companies need employees who can get the work done on time so that they can remain profitable. Management, like contractors think of it, don't exist at small companies. Do the job right or be fired, and if you are a contractor, and waffle over contract points, you'll be effectively blacklisted in the Old Boy Network, preventing you from getting a job with a number of small companies in the area.