anyone want to hire a coder?

[Karsten M. Self]

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on Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 07:16:55PM -0800, glen martin (glenm@locutory.org) =
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> Alvin Oga wrote:
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> >have fun searching ... let us know where the gold mine is
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> I don't know about gold mine, but we're hiring. We have a few=20
> generic-ish descriptions on the web site that'd be good background=20
> reading at least.
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> http://www.spikesource.com/careers.html
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> If you're interested, you can ping me privately at my work address,=20
> gmartin@spikesource.com

Glen:  I've heard about Spikesource, and understand it's based around
LAMP (good basis there), but I really don't understand the positioning.

Best I can understand is in terms of what it's not:

  - It's not a distro.

  - It's not a turnkey solutions provider.

  - It's not a source/upstream developer of underlying LAMP
    technologies, though it's got some solid connections there.

  - It's not pitching itself as a support provider / consultant (though
    this may be a lack of clear communications).

  - It's not a hosting or hardware provider.



What it is:

  - Pretty high profile in terms of its connections.  There are good
    people who've been around the community.  ++

  - Not a whole lot of solid business background among the key advisors.
    --

  - Prior management experience based on push.  --

  - Silicon Valley location.  Hello, high rents.  --

  - Based on one of the core "KA" GNU/Linux / Free Software strengths.
    ++

  - Competing, best I can tell, with every other distro, dev team, and
    services company out there.  --

  - VC backed.  Hello, burn rate.  --

  - No visible client list.  --



I have to say I'm scratching my head, and am not overly optimistic with
what I can see in front of me.  Any imagewashing you'd care to do?



Peace.

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Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>        http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
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   de Porciuncula diet" just doesn't have the same ring....


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