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Is it easier to hire open source developers? Is it easier to hire open source developers?

Submitted by admin. on 2007-10-20 16:14.
Chatting to Steve Raby, UK country manager for open source ECM vendor Nuxeo yesterday, an interesting point was raised around the issue of motivation of open source developers versus developers on proprietary poducts, and hiring them. Namely: what are the benefits of hiring open source developers, and what are the benefits of developing open source software if you're looking to get hired. Naturaly Steve, who hails from JBoss, will have a biased view of such matters - after all it is his job to sell the idea of open source software to enterprises. But his thesis made sense and is based on his experience so I shall repeat it here.

Read more:http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006206o-2000331758b,00.htm


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