Comments on: Oh Loh! SourceForge Buys Former Microsoft Employees http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-3/#comment-65670 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:58:07 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65670 BTW, there was a reason why I asked you to compare two links, both claims that slashdot is unreadable but the difference is the reason.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65669 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:29:27 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65669 Search the Web. Maybe he wrote about it.

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65667 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:28:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65667 And by the “parent article”, I was referring to this:
http://meta.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/31/1631213
You should read it.

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65666 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:25:37 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65666 I know, I was wondering about what does Rob Melda think about SourceForge-MS relationship.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65665 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:23:03 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65665 Oops. Wrong link, pardon me. Try this.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65663 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:21:32 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65663 We wrote about this many times a year ago.

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65661 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:19:17 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65661 I was talking about the SourceForge-MS relationship and how it affects slashdot.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65660 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:18:15 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65660 What specifically?

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65602 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:39:34 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65602 In fact, read the parent article, it is interesting too, in fact it should be at least mentioned on BN but aren’t.
It led me to wonder what Rob Melda thinks of all this.

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65451 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:50:38 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65451 In fact, compare the link I just posted with this on Boycott Novell:
http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/10/slashdot-tagging-tweak/

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65450 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:37:43 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65450 BTW, on slashdot’s devolution, after someone mentioned on IRC about being modded up for talking about a “slashdot groupthink”, I found this that might be interesting:
http://meta.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=345907&cid=21186633

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65449 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:32:56 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65449 BTW, one thing I often do on slashdot is to try to get all of the comments by repeatly clicking the “Get n More Comments” link.
My other favorite news site is Ars Technica, BTW.
I once read CNET but stopped reading it long ago.

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-2/#comment-65448 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:29:11 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65448 For example, slashdot recently reported on the Swiss court action against MS dominance in procurement.

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-1/#comment-65447 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:25:42 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-65447 “I long ago dumped Slashdot from my reading list. ”
Personally, I read slashdot knowing that it has MS astroerrfers out there. It does have some useful stuff.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-1/#comment-64255 Fri, 29 May 2009 16:47:57 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-64255 I long ago dumped Slashdot from my reading list.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-1/#comment-64251 Fri, 29 May 2009 16:23:51 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-64251 Thus it rules out any good intentions on the part of either Ohloh or Sourceforge. Slashdot is part of Sourceforge. Can the rot be spreading via Slashdot, upwards into the parent?

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-1/#comment-64242 Fri, 29 May 2009 13:03:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-64242 Ohloh gives the false impression is given that everything but C# is declining.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-1/#comment-64241 Fri, 29 May 2009 12:58:43 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-64241 The human resources departments of these companies have to be far more careful about what they’re letting in the door. The managers who are letting ‘Softers though the hiring process really need to sharpen their collective act or risk taking the company down. Everywhere the ‘Softers and Microserfs end up, they take their poxy products (ActiveX in place of Javascript, DirectX in place of OpenGL) and shove them where they don’t belong or fit.

Heck, it may be the case that it’s not even possible for a ‘Softer or Microserf to reform. Usually people with no tech skills, tech knowledge or tech ambition end up at Redmond. From there it’s just a political climb up the ladder until they can spread out and infect other businesses.

What on earth do these companies think that the ‘Softers can bring to the table?

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-1/#comment-64236 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:55:38 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-64236 Thanks. I was just about to write about it.

]]> By: amd-linux http://techrights.org/2009/05/29/sourceforge-adds-ex-softies/comment-page-1/#comment-64235 Fri, 29 May 2009 11:31:50 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=11752#comment-64235 “Sitzerland” –> Switzerland, of course….

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