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Firefox Developer on Recruitment Policy

Posted by michael on from the cathedral-or-bazaar dept.

wikinerd writes "A Firefox developer talks about the project's controversial invitation-only developer recruitment policy and explains why Firefox will never grow up."

4 of 300 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Then what exactly is Open ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hopefully firefox will not go into that Elitist arena which blocks out young developers...

    You were NOT invited to make that comment, if we want to hear from you we'll call you and then you can speak, otherwise just keep reading and shut up, mkay?

    Yours,
    The FireTrucks Team,
    Peak View,
    CA 31337

  2. Re:Then what exactly is Open ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    if they get too elitst.. just start your own branch.
    ... and don't accept any submissions from them - that'll show the bastards, eh?
  3. Re:obligatory link by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny
    But it is unethical to post such a link under your own username
    Not really, because as a rule the concepts of ethical / unethical behaviour apply only to contexts that actually mean something, as opposed to the pointless accumulation of worthless slashdot karma, which means absolutely diddly-squat to anyone with a sense of proportion.
    --
    Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
  4. Re:They set themselves up in a Catch-22 by wild_berry · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because the meritocracy that runs Slashdot won't accept patches..?