Goldman Sachs will open-source some of its trading software

Post by newleaf » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 10:32 AM UTC

Post by voisin » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 1:14 PM UTC

Post by z2 » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 1:23 PM UTC

gfiorav wrote: post #4

ForHackernews wrote: post #2

How much do we wanna bet this is just a recruiting gimmick?

Oh, you mean like them offering a VP position (without telling you maybe half of the people there are VPs)?

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC

geodel wrote: post #6

voisin wrote: post #3

This is quite a change from when they ruined a man’s life for using Github.

Not really. If someone try to do something what they consider stealing, they will still pursue the case with all legal might.

Post by chaosbutters » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 1:38 PM UTC

z2 wrote: post #5

gfiorav wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, you mean like them offering a VP position (without telling you maybe half of the people there are VPs)?

It may be more like saying they support open source in the same way companies rushed to say they are green, for their image. The plethora of VPs is partly a sales thing, so that every client gets to meet with a VP. Just like how every sales person is a director or similarly inflated title at other companies. Hopefully one knows this before taking such a job! Edit: After RTFA, it seems to be 2.5 things: - Crowdsourcin…