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Layoffs at OSDL

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-used-to-want-to-work-there dept.

daria42 writes "Open Source Development Labs - which employs Linus Torvalds - has apparently cut nine of its fifty-seven staff (although Linus has retained his job). The cuts come as the organisation re-structures. It will establish a European office and expand into Asia. "We're a small enough organisation that what would be a small change in focus for a bigger company has a large effect on us," said a spokesperson."

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  1. A song by ceeam · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fifty-seven staff on the list,
    Fifty-seven of staff.
    You take nine down,
    Cut them around,
    Forty-eight staff on the list.

    (sigh) I'm lame...

  2. Passion and free have to end somewhere by mattspammail · · Score: 1, Troll

    Kudos to all who contribute to projects such as Linux. From its inception, it has been a grassroots initiative to provide better for less. It's sad for the people who have been laid off, but it's part of the economy we live in. These people won't be out of the job for long though. Keep your heads up, guys!

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  3. Re:Most typical line ever by wheelbarrow · · Score: 1, Troll

    I see a lot of arm chair quarter backs posting here. Why don't one of you start your own company and take on some real life responsibility for once?

    Let's start with you mattmentecky: what's stopping you from starting your own company and running it exactly as you suggest here? Perhaps you can grow a company from start up to a beloved worldwide corporation and never lay anybody off!