Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
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Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#2I was honestly expecting an extended Jeffrey Amherst/smallpox infected blankets metaphor here.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#3Why is there a "[sic]" in the title? After reading the post on Slashdot, I have the impression that we are talking about actual blankets. So the word is correctly spelled.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#4Why is there a "[sic]" in the title? After reading the post on Slashdot, I have the impression that we are talking about actual blankets. So the word is correctly spelled.
Glad I'm not alone. Maybe there's a technical misuse of grammar in there somewhere and the poster is being pedantic? Whatever the issue, I don't see it either.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#5Why is there a "[sic]" in the title? After reading the post on Slashdot, I have the impression that we are talking about actual blankets. So the word is correctly spelled.
The [sic] is in the original title on the /. submission, it was the author to use it. I think he meant "you read right, blankets".
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#6In an office at the HR department at Google.
The director: Someone tell me what we are going to do with the 3 thousand extra blankets we acquired for our 2012 employee bonus program?
The smart guy: Why not give them to those developers who write open source software and give them for free? Those poor people must need blankets!
People start to stand up and clap, slowly and firm.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#7Not cool. I heard about this program of awarding bonuses to devs. Turns out is was actually just marketing schwag store credit? Evil.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#8Why is there a "[sic]" in the title? After reading the post on Slashdot, I have the impression that we are talking about actual blankets. So the word is correctly spelled.
Because they average person would assume "blankets" is a typo, because it is such a stupid gift.
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#9Why is there a "[sic]" in the title? After reading the post on Slashdot, I have the impression that we are talking about actual blankets. So the word is correctly spelled.
Suspect it's a joke, intended to be read as "(yes, really, blankets)"
Re: Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers
#10How could Google e so callous as to reward people for their contributions. I realize polyester is a fabric of the devil, but I don't think a google is trying to convert anybody to the church of satan.
Is it so hard to say "thanks" for an unexpected gift?
(And to the mods, please remove the [sic]. Yes, it's in the original, but it's wrong and will certainly lead to clicks from people trying to figure out what was really written.)