[ale] OT: more info on where all the jobs are (going...)

[Chris Fowler]

Lets take an informal poll.

If you are running Linux, bounce back and tell us what software
that you are running on the OS that you bought.



Is there much of an OSS movement in the Windows arena?

On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 10:10, Jim wrote:
> On Sunday 16 March 2003 09:13 am, Chris Fowler wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 02:35, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > > oh oh. I just realized that my last post was insensitive to the members
> > > of this list who have spent years gaining knowledge in IT. It was like I
> > > was say, "Forget what you have been doing and get another job."
> > >
> > > Perhaps the displaced IT professionals can be more entreprenuerial and
> > > create software that sells? Is there no other way to make money than to
> > > rely on someone else to provide jobs?
> >
> > Why would anyone buy software when they can get it free?
> 
> A critic of the music industry was asked a similar question about downloadable 
> music. His response was: "Let me acquaint you with the bottled water 
> industry."
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale


_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale