Miguels affection towards his iPhone is a bit unconsidered and superficial. But anyway, a more interesting question could be: What does it take to bring an ex-linux user and now happy OSX user back to linux? I used…
Why so strict with the definition of the term 'aquihire'? What I see in tech startups: Little companies acting as labs for the big companies. In big companies, it's often difficult to develop something breaking new.…
I could use a lightweigt and fast perl version of SED. There are incompatibilities between sed versions, especially between linux and mac. Therefor a small sed utility that you can ship with every release would be…
Dear Joyent You got me: "We've been analyzing customer usage of Joyent’s systems and noticed that you are one of the few customers that are still on our early products and have not migrated to our new platform, the…
Using 'porn' in the title is also kinda porn. Edit: Seriously though, I would replace 'the porn generation' with 'the porned generation'. "Corporations are not looking out for your best interests; they’re looking to…
This is how would try to solve the dilemma: - Can he really make a (qualitative) difference, or ships he just faster and a little more elegant? - If yes, hire him and let him work wherever he wants but in your office…
excuse me for not answering your question, but I have a different suggestion (goes in a similar direction though): "Erlang in the Real World" From the top of my head: - portraits of companies and products who are using…
If I understand you right, the do not own the company (anymore)? So that would make them employees - no? I think it's pretty normal that employees explain what they are doing. Especially if they work in a specialized…
Miguels affection towards his iPhone is a bit unconsidered and superficial. But anyway, a more interesting question could be: What does it take to bring an ex-linux user and now happy OSX user back to linux? I used…
Why so strict with the definition of the term 'aquihire'? What I see in tech startups: Little companies acting as labs for the big companies. In big companies, it's often difficult to develop something breaking new.…
I could use a lightweigt and fast perl version of SED. There are incompatibilities between sed versions, especially between linux and mac. Therefor a small sed utility that you can ship with every release would be…
Dear Joyent You got me: "We've been analyzing customer usage of Joyent’s systems and noticed that you are one of the few customers that are still on our early products and have not migrated to our new platform, the…
Using 'porn' in the title is also kinda porn. Edit: Seriously though, I would replace 'the porn generation' with 'the porned generation'. "Corporations are not looking out for your best interests; they’re looking to…
This is how would try to solve the dilemma: - Can he really make a (qualitative) difference, or ships he just faster and a little more elegant? - If yes, hire him and let him work wherever he wants but in your office…
excuse me for not answering your question, but I have a different suggestion (goes in a similar direction though): "Erlang in the Real World" From the top of my head: - portraits of companies and products who are using…
If I understand you right, the do not own the company (anymore)? So that would make them employees - no? I think it's pretty normal that employees explain what they are doing. Especially if they work in a specialized…