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IBM to Hire Firefox Developers

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pays-to-know dept.

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."

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  1. Just imagine... by elid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...if Firefox starts making it into those IBM On Demand commercials!

    1. Re:Just imagine... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Interesting
      ...if Firefox starts making it into those IBM On Demand commercials!

      What are you saying? Because Big Blue endorses it the PHB's of the world will embrace it?

      Sorry man, that paradigm died in the 90's. It used to be "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM" Now it's "Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft."

      IBM is still out-earning Microsoft, but they're getting further away from hardware and are competing with the monopolist in some market segments.

      --

      A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. And in another area... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sam Ruby, IBM employee, Apache/PHP/Atom hacker, is questioning the need for middleware completely.