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Re: Leaving Mozilla

#51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. I forget how seriously people take religion (despite all the evidence out there). I just wanted to share my observations but not push an agenda. Obviously topics are sensitive which makes rational discussions impossible.

I have no problem with you sharing an observation. I do have an issue with you denigrating people who have faith.

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Re: Leaving Mozilla

#52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. I forget how seriously people take religion (despite all the evidence out there). I just wanted to share my observations but not push an agenda. Obviously topics are sensitive which makes rational discussions impossible.

I have no problem with you sharing an observation. I do have an issue with you denigrating people who have faith.

I can't reply directly to your apology, but there is no need to apologise.

Good Karma all around.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

#53
Regarding RR he says:

> we probably need to capture some of the value of this technology via a for-profit company

I hope this doesn't mean making it proprietary. I mean obviously a person gets to decide how to best compensate themselves for the fruits of their labor. But I've seen too many compelling technologies fail to achieve the impact they could have because they were proprietary.

I mean, DTrace languishes despite being open-source, because it wasn't open-source enough

Re: Leaving Mozilla

#54

Regarding RR he says: > we probably need to capture some of the value of this technology via a for-profit company I hope this doesn't mean making it proprietary. I mean obviously a person gets to decide how to best compensate themselves for the fruits of their labor. But I've seen too many compelling technologies fail to achieve the impact they could have because they were proprietary. I mean, DTrace languishes despi…

DTrace doesn't languish. It just doesn't have a Linux port, because of people's contrived rewriting of the history of the GPL.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

#55
post #27

"Christian" ... Since when has it become fashionable to define oneself by religion? I mean especially in professional circles like software development. I don't expect to see "Jew" or "Moozlim" (sic) or "Amoral Atheist" used to define people. Lots of respect for his work but I it does turn me off because of what it might imply As far as personal biases.

Then you see it's Hillsong, and it all begins to make sense. If you don't know what Hillsong is... well.. Wikipedia. :)

LOL at the down votes.

What is it with Mozilla people and this sort of stuff?

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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post #54

Regarding RR he says: > we probably need to capture some of the value of this technology via a for-profit company I hope this doesn't mean making it proprietary. I mean obviously a person gets to decide how to best compensate themselves for the fruits of their labor. But I've seen too many compelling technologies fail to achieve the impact they could have because they were proprietary. I mean, DTrace languishes despi…

DTrace doesn't languish. It just doesn't have a Linux port, because of people's contrived rewriting of the history of the GPL.

It does, it's part of Oracle Linux. Oracle obviously therefore believe that a CDDL kernel module is fine.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

#58
post #25
post #3

And for those that have no idea what rr is: http://rr-project.org/ So no, he is not leaving for "rest and relaxation"

To be fair, people also think "rest and relaxation" is amazing, and we probably need to capture some of the value of this technology via a for-profit company as well.

I would pay to be able to time travel and replay my rest and relaxation!

Re: Leaving Mozilla

#59
post #54

Regarding RR he says: > we probably need to capture some of the value of this technology via a for-profit company I hope this doesn't mean making it proprietary. I mean obviously a person gets to decide how to best compensate themselves for the fruits of their labor. But I've seen too many compelling technologies fail to achieve the impact they could have because they were proprietary. I mean, DTrace languishes despi…

DTrace doesn't languish. It just doesn't have a Linux port, because of people's contrived rewriting of the history of the GPL.

Let me put it this way. In the last say five years, I can't think of a single article I've come across where someone describes DTrace making their life better (except one I wrote in 2011: http://blog.reverberate.org/2011/05/using-dtrace-on-os-x-to-...), or a single time anyone I know or work with has even mentioned DTrace.

This is a technology that received an innovation award from the Wall Street Journal in 2006. Whatever impact DTrace is having today, it should have been much larger.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

#60

Regarding RR he says: > we probably need to capture some of the value of this technology via a for-profit company I hope this doesn't mean making it proprietary. I mean obviously a person gets to decide how to best compensate themselves for the fruits of their labor. But I've seen too many compelling technologies fail to achieve the impact they could have because they were proprietary. I mean, DTrace languishes despi…

There's a decent market for selling consulting consulting services on top of open source technology. Being the expert on applying an open source technology to solve specific problems comes with a decent rate card.
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