<div dir="ltr">I know the CEO says we're open source, but I'm not the guy to ask the question of "how open?". Not my department, unfortunately. If I find anything on this, I'll let you know.<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 at 11:05 Andrew Sullivan Cant <<a href="mailto:acant@alumni.uwaterloo.ca">acant@alumni.uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Does OpenText use any FOSS software? I'm guessing that answer is yes, if<br class="gmail_msg">
only because it is pretty hard not to.<br class="gmail_msg">
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Do they do any contributions back?<br class="gmail_msg">
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I have started collecting people and companies that work on FOSS:<br class="gmail_msg">
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<a href="http://andrewsullivancant.ca/wiki/waterloo_free_software_portal/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://andrewsullivancant.ca/wiki/waterloo_free_software_portal/</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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though that is definitely still a work in progress, and does not include<br class="gmail_msg">
much yet. My dream goal would be to turn this into an aggregator of<br class="gmail_msg">
contributions, to make it easy to see who is contributing in the Region.<br class="gmail_msg">
With the meta-goal of making it feel more normal for companies to make<br class="gmail_msg">
those contributions, like all of their friends.<br class="gmail_msg">
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<a href="https://www.xkcd.com/1170/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://www.xkcd.com/1170/</a>.<br class="gmail_msg">
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Andrew<br class="gmail_msg">
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(P.S.: If anyone want to contribute information about companies and are<br class="gmail_msg">
using or contributing to FOSS let me know and I'lll add it to the list.)<br class="gmail_msg">
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On 30/03/17 09:49, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
> [insert shameless self-promotion here] ... If you guys are looking for<br class="gmail_msg">
> regular work in I.T., we have a decent referral program here at OpenText<br class="gmail_msg">
> (where I work). Look up the jobs listing on our website<br class="gmail_msg">
> <a href="http://www.opentext.com/who-we-are/careers" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.opentext.com/who-we-are/careers</a>, then if you see your dream<br class="gmail_msg">
> job listed let me know and I can refer you in. So you get a foot in the<br class="gmail_msg">
> door and I might get a buck or two, depending on the position. The jobs<br class="gmail_msg">
> listing has its good days and its bad days, so check back often.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> I really like it here at OpenText. It's a good company that takes good<br class="gmail_msg">
> care of its people, from what I've seen so far. It's not true FOSS<br class="gmail_msg">
> compared to the rest of this conversation, but it's still a good place<br class="gmail_msg">
> to work.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> If I don't know you personally just let me know who in this group can<br class="gmail_msg">
> vouch for you and we'll go from there.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 at 09:21 Mark Steffen <<a href="mailto:rmarksteffen@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">rmarksteffen@gmail.com</a><br class="gmail_msg">
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:rmarksteffen@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">rmarksteffen@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
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> I think most local startups use FOSS stacks for the most part. It's<br class="gmail_msg">
> probably already been posted in the past but Communitech has a local<br class="gmail_msg">
> tech jobs board (or at least they did) and, of course, there is<br class="gmail_msg">
> Indeed. Also, not a terrible idea to show up to HackerNest meetups<br class="gmail_msg">
> (on <a href="http://meetup.com" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">meetup.com</a> <<a href="http://meetup.com" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://meetup.com</a>>) and do some pressing of the flesh.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> *Mark Steffen*<br class="gmail_msg">
> Office Direct: <a href="tel:(226)%20476-1240" value="+12264761240" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">+1.226.476.1240</a> <tel:(226)%20476-1240> |<br class="gmail_msg">
> Mobile/WhatsApp: <a href="tel:(226)%20600-0464" value="+12266000464" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">+1.226.600.0464</a> <tel:(226)%20600-0464><br class="gmail_msg">
> /"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." -Abraham Lincoln/<br class="gmail_msg">
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> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 1:25 AM, B.S. <<a href="mailto:bs27975.2@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">bs27975.2@gmail.com</a><br class="gmail_msg">
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bs27975.2@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">bs27975.2@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
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> Canada seems to be there ... just empty at the moment.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> <a href="https://www.fossjobs.net/jobs-in/Canada/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://www.fossjobs.net/jobs-in/Canada/</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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> Interesting link. I saw countries in the lower left, clicked<br class="gmail_msg">
> Cameroon, then changed Cameroon to Canada in the resulting URL.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> Didn't get a page not found, so I guess it to be a valid URL,<br class="gmail_msg">
> just empty at the moment.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> On 03/29/2017 07:18 PM, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
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> Just in case this is useful for anyone:<br class="gmail_msg">
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> <a href="https://www.fossjobs.net/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://www.fossjobs.net/</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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> They do not seem to have a Canada or KW specific listings,<br class="gmail_msg">
> but they do<br class="gmail_msg">
> have a Worldwide section which seems to be remote stuff.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> The site seems to keep around old postings, so it could be<br class="gmail_msg">
> useful for<br class="gmail_msg">
> finding interesting companies even if they do not have a<br class="gmail_msg">
> current posting.<br class="gmail_msg">
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> Andrew<br class="gmail_msg">
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