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The market for FOSS programmers will grow in Europe. A report has just been published that says “open source is important for the future of the European softwar
by oever 10y ago
The market for FOSS programmers will grow in Europe. A report has just been published that says “open source is important for the future of the European software industry.” [1]
In the UK, Government Digital Service already has a strict policy that software it writes should be open.
Being able to write FOSS in your day job is a wonderful boon . Especially in government it will help offset the lower salaries of the public sector.
[1] https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/ec-study-recommends-policies-emphasise-open-source https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/ec-study-rec...
- jon-wood 10y agoI wonder how much of an incentive writing open source at somewhere like GDS actually is. While its certainly nice to develop in the open how much of what you write is actually useful in future jobs?
- JonAtkinson 10y agoSurely the idea is that it is useful to your future colleagues?
- wiz21c 10y agoIf I could work on GPL'ed software, I'd do it just for the sake of the political argument (yes, I'm that far :-) )
- fithisux 10y agoMe too. (yes me too)
- user5994461 10y ago> In the UK, Government Digital Service already has a strict policy that software it writes should be open. And they pay contractors 1000 a day for that. Why the hell would anyone want to work for open source projects that can't pay for their housing and food.