[kwlug-disc] Here is another FOSS job posting board
Kyle Spaans
3lucid at gmail.com
Sat Apr 1 17:18:12 EDT 2017
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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