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IBM to Hire Firefox Developers
ta bu shi da yu writes "According to news.com, IBM has placed an employment ad for a developer who would be responsible for 'enhancing the Mozilla Firefox Web browser with new features complimentary to IBM's On Demand middleware stack.' IBM might possibly be interested in FireFox integration with their Workplace software. The job is not for just anyone, however, as those who wish to apply for the job should have some cred with the Mozilla development community."
Years ago many of us would cringe at the thought, but these days Big Blue has taken on a certain cachet with their cozying up with Tux, sharing the wealth (IP, source and application contributions) and profit(!!!)ing (which many of us don't mind, because it helps promote the cause.) Sounds like a dream job, I just hope between Google and IBM they don't deplete the Mozilla development team. Maybe IBM would be friendly to the development and effectively underwrite some of it in this manner.
The job is not for just anyone, however, as those who wish to apply for the job should have some cred with the Mozilla development community."
For sure. Don't expect a successful interview to go like this:
just a heads-up, ya know
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
It gets worse.
There are bugs in Santa.
94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
Uh, yeah, thanks... Just in case C|Net gets slashdotted...
But, but... those On Demand commercials are BLUE!
Firefox is RED!
Blue! Red!
It will never work!
94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
Microsoft followed suite by placing the following ad:
"Wanted, anyone who is currently or is wishing to be part of the firefox team for immediate interrogation and death. Email names, addresses, daily schedules, to Not.Microsoft@gmail.com.
"IBM OnDemand is too cool for words"
Maybe an Easter Egg: you check a certain weird combination of properties under Tools | Options, and a list of OnDemand developers appear.
I've got some other ideas as well.
Oh wait, the ad says complimentary to OnDemand...
If you can't buy the company, buy the people.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
In other news, IBM announces it's adoption of the color Purple...
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If MS product fails, they'll point the finger at MS.
Sun, Novell, SuSE, Red Hat, and several others are more than happy to have fingers pointed at them in exchange for letting people buy their Linux desktops. Sun will even shoot the lawyers for you (indemnification). Okay, they won't really shoot the lawyers, but, still, the legal risks are low.
-- Microsoft is the most expensive commodity operating system and office suite vendor in the marketplace.
There you go, building my hopes up. I was all ready to run out and buy some stuff from Sun. Good thing I finished reading your post before I left. I might have gotten in trouble when I walked into Sun's HQ with my 9mm and my checkbook. Why should they get to have all the fun. I would even pay extra if they let me take a shot or two at the lawyers myself.
You could have stopped between "well" and "with".
I was refused an interview for a linux kernel development position because I hack FreeBSD. Now IBM isn't interested in me because they want FireFox and I hack Konqueror.
Many people made lots of money in the .com boom, while the company I worked for kept going downhill. Get a job I like, and they go bankrupt in 3 months.
If this trend continues much longer, companies are going to refuse to allow me to work for them because I'm bad luck. Then I won't be able to earn money and I'll starve ...
Sorry, I got little carried away. Its all true up until that last paragraph though.
This just in, IBM says fuck you to Microsoft yet again!