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Print is dead. Worst industry on the planet to focus on. Had maker picked one thing and done it right, it could still be here. It tried to be too many things at the same time.

Gates killed that idea dead, back in the 80's. EDS - Remember that big huge company H.Ross Perot Ran? - We TRIED to buy PCs from hardware vendors without Windows. They refused due …

I disagree - that's not a link to a paper by the Sunlight Foundation. It's a link to a site that wants you to agree to try a monthly subscription before you can download anything a…

More importantly, why is having an ostrich jacket relevant? I don't have a pony either.

I consulted there years back. Helped them relo to a new building. Dolly in one hand, network layouts in the other. After the relo was done, I transitioned to handling trouble ticke…

Any indication if they'd be willing to open source it?

Any indication if they'll open source it?

Define "senior". Senior citizen developers? Or you meant that title should mean stature? If you're still coding after being at it for >30 years then yes, you're worth that to help …

That's senseless. Non profit doesn't mean "worthy cause I should want to die on my sword for" it simply means the corporate financial structure doesn't accommodate profit-sucking s…

I expect people will be paid fairly for their contributions. Are you in a position to be telling people what their time is worth? Or, possibly you're simply being a pessimist?

Zeef appears to have curation down to a science: https://zeef.com/ Examples: https://linux.zeef.com and https://databases.zeef.com

Aggregation does not necessarily imply improvement. Architecturally, it's quite worse than just putting lipstick on a pig - they're bolting a racehorse on top of their pig. If you …