Critiquing Claims of an Open Source Jobs Boom 134
snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Bill Snyder examines what appears to be an open source job market boom, as evidenced by a recent O'Reilly Report. According to the study, 5 to 15 percent of all IT openings call for open source software skills, and with overall IT job cuts expected for 2009, 'the recession may be pushing budget-strapped IT execs to examine low-cost alternatives to commercial software,' Snyder writes. But are enterprises truly shifting to open source, or are they simply seeking to augment the work of staff already steeped in proprietary software? The study's methodology leaves too much room for interpretation, Savio Rodrigues retorts. 'That's why the 5% to 15% really doesn't sit well with me,' Rodrigues writes. 'I suspect that larger companies are looking for developers with a mix of experience with proprietary and open source products, tools and frameworks,' as opposed to those who would work with open source for 90 percent of the work day."
Re:I am with Bjarne on this one. (Score:1, Funny)
Haha, an ancient troll gets modded up to 3, Interesting, and even garners a few serious chin-stroking responses. Well done, sir.
Re:The cheapest code... (Score:5, Funny)
No! The cheapest code is the code that doesn't require support, maintenance, or bug fixes! Development costs are trivial compared to upkeep costs.
I'm going to sell my "hello world" code for millions! :)
Re:The cheapest code... (Score:5, Funny)
I have been reliably running my hello world program since my Apple II days. With more than 30 years of field testing, extensive debugging and hardening, it's probably one of the most enterprise-ready hello world programs in existence.
Yours obviously can't compete.
Re:The cheapest code... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The cheapest code... (Score:2, Funny)
My last attempt at writing an app that ambitious bricked my system.