[kwlug-disc] Here is another FOSS job posting board
Chamunks
chamunks at gmail.com
Sun Apr 2 22:09:53 EDT 2017
The other side of it isn't so much about ease of donation as much as it's
probably a systemic belief that open source is Free of cost
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017, 5:20 PM Kyle Spaans <3lucid at gmail.com> wrote:
> On the topic of companies using FLOSS but not contributing or funding it,
> there is an investor down in the US who has done some research into it:
>
>
> https://medium.com/@nayafia/how-i-stumbled-upon-the-internet-s-biggest-blind-spot-b9aa23618c58
> https://medium.com/@nayafia/open-source-infrastructure-the-q-a-a44615861944
>
> https://medium.com/@nayafia/open-source-was-worth-at-least-143m-of-instagram-s-1b-acquisition-808bb85e4681#.w58lpwmps
>
> https://medium.com/@nayafia/we-re-in-a-brave-new-post-open-source-world-56ef46d152a3#.1yyreuae7
>
> And a list of "high-priority" projects that need funding:
> http://fundingoss.com/
>
> The one big takeaway I remember from the series is that (and not to blame
> the victims) many FLOSS projects don't make it easy for companies to pay
> them. Supposedly it's hard to get software budget approval from your boss
> to "donate" money, as opposed to buying a product or service.
>
> On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 at 14:11 Andrew Sullivan Cant <
> acant at alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
> Interesting. I didn't know OpenText thought about themselves as open
> source in any way.
> I'll put them on my research list.
> Thanks
>
>
> On 01/04/17 11:29, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 at 11:05 Andrew Sullivan Cant
> > <acant at alumni.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:acant at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>> wrote:
> >
> > Does OpenText use any FOSS software? I'm guessing that answer is
> yes, if
> > only because it is pretty hard not to.
> >
> > Do they do any contributions back?
> >
> >
> > I have started collecting people and companies that work on FOSS:
> >
> > http://andrewsullivancant.ca/wiki/waterloo_free_software_portal/
> >
> > though that is definitely still a work in progress, and does not
> include
> > much yet. My dream goal would be to turn this into an aggregator of
> > contributions, to make it easy to see who is contributing in the
> Region.
> > With the meta-goal of making it feel more normal for companies to
> make
> > those contributions, like all of their friends.
> >
> > https://www.xkcd.com/1170/.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > (P.S.: If anyone want to contribute information about companies and
> are
> > using or contributing to FOSS let me know and I'lll add it to the
> list.)
> >
> >
> > On 30/03/17 09:49, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > > [insert shameless self-promotion here] ... If you guys are looking
> for
> > > regular work in I.T., we have a decent referral program here at
> > OpenText
> > > (where I work). Look up the jobs listing on our website
> > > http://www.opentext.com/who-we-are/careers, then if you see your
> dream
> > > job listed let me know and I can refer you in. So you get a foot
> > in the
> > > door and I might get a buck or two, depending on the position.
> > The jobs
> > > listing has its good days and its bad days, so check back often.
> > >
> > > I really like it here at OpenText. It's a good company that takes
> > good
> > > care of its people, from what I've seen so far. It's not true FOSS
> > > compared to the rest of this conversation, but it's still a good
> place
> > > to work.
> > >
> > > If I don't know you personally just let me know who in this group
> can
> > > vouch for you and we'll go from there.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 at 09:21 Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen at gmail.com
> > <mailto:rmarksteffen at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:rmarksteffen at gmail.com <mailto:rmarksteffen at gmail.com>>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I think most local startups use FOSS stacks for the most
> > part. It's
> > > probably already been posted in the past but Communitech has a
> > local
> > > tech jobs board (or at least they did) and, of course, there is
> > > Indeed. Also, not a terrible idea to show up to HackerNest
> > meetups
> > > (on meetup.com <http://meetup.com> <http://meetup.com>) and do
> > some pressing of the flesh.
> > >
> > > *Mark Steffen*
> > > Office Direct: +1.226.476.1240 <(226)%20476-1240>
> <tel:(226)%20476-1240>
> > <tel:(226)%20476-1240> |
> > > Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.226.600.0464 <(226)%20600-0464>
> <tel:(226)%20600-0464>
> > <tel:(226)%20600-0464>
> > > /"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." -Abraham
> > Lincoln/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 1:25 AM, B.S. <bs27975.2 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:bs27975.2 at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:bs27975.2 at gmail.com <mailto:bs27975.2 at gmail.com>>>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Canada seems to be there ... just empty at the moment.
> > >
> > > https://www.fossjobs.net/jobs-in/Canada/
> > >
> > > Interesting link. I saw countries in the lower left,
> clicked
> > > Cameroon, then changed Cameroon to Canada in the resulting
> > URL.
> > >
> > > Didn't get a page not found, so I guess it to be a valid
> URL,
> > > just empty at the moment.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 03/29/2017 07:18 PM, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> > >
> > > Just in case this is useful for anyone:
> > >
> > > https://www.fossjobs.net/
> > >
> > > They do not seem to have a Canada or KW specific
> listings,
> > > but they do
> > > have a Worldwide section which seems to be remote
> stuff.
> > >
> > > The site seems to keep around old postings, so it
> could be
> > > useful for
> > > finding interesting companies even if they do not have
> a
> > > current posting.
> > >
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > >
> > >
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