7 ms·

Job offer

45 points by mantas 18y ago

fnazeeri 18y ago
Priceless! ...well, actually, $100...
thomasmallen 18y ago
$100 is a reasonable price to install Debian. But selling it later may prove tricky.
- deleted 18y ago
  [deleted]
- Bjoern 18y ago
  Actually not. As far as I know you can sell e.g. burned CDs. That should be legaly ok. (As far as the Software is GPL licensed)
daniel-cussen 18y ago
How can anyone say we're in a recession with job offers like this?
morbidkk 18y ago
send him ubuntu hardy 8.04LTS for free
- wheels 18y ago
  I think you mean Lindows. Erm, Linspire. Meh, whatever, just get his $100. ;-)
joshu 18y ago
HarrixOS! http://web.archive.org/web/20010608013821/www.harrixos.co.uk/history3_8.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010608013821/www.harrixos.co.uk... (the navigation images do not seem to have been archived...) http://web.archive.org/web/20010124021000/http://www.harrixos.co.uk/history4.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010124021000/http://www.harrixo... http://web.archive.org/web/20010512014726/www.harrixos.co.uk/history5.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010512014726/www.harrixos.co.uk... Oooh, and screenshots: http://web.archive.org/web/20010607222820/www.harrixos.co.uk/image.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010607222820/www.harrixos.co.uk...
alaskamiller 18y ago
Old joke is old.
- caudicus 18y ago
  Agreed - just as a sample, here is another one posted a while ago (Jan. 2007) - http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_42879.html http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_4287...
xenoterracide 18y ago
roflol
ojbyrne 18y ago
The best part is the ad for a book called "Successful Outsourcing" that I see on the page.
nickb 18y ago
It's an old troll: http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_42879.html http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_4287...
- CaptainMorgan 18y ago
  Wasn't the one submitted to HN requiring a mere $100? Imagine that!? :) How nice of them to lower the prices they were going to pay the developer...
socratees 18y ago
holy smokes!!! $20-$100 for a new OS, with clear edges? does he mean shell themes?
SingAlong 18y ago
His way of finding a business oppurtunity seems to be simple: Just find what everyone's using and build (or get built) another one like that to try and make a quick buck. These guys often dream of becoming billionaires with this idea. I confess that I too had such ideas when I was 14 (4 yrs ago). He never seems to think why people need another OS or as he says an 'Operasting System'.
metatronscube 18y ago
I will take it!
tomek 18y ago
Some dude in India took the project and now is trying to get someone to get the job done.

Job offer

45 points by mantas 18y ago

fnazeeri 18y ago

Priceless! ...well, actually, $100...

thomasmallen 18y ago

$100 is a reasonable price to install Debian. But selling it later may prove tricky.

deleted 18y ago
[deleted]
Bjoern 18y ago
Actually not. As far as I know you can sell e.g. burned CDs. That should be legaly ok. (As far as the Software is GPL licensed)

daniel-cussen 18y ago

How can anyone say we're in a recession with job offers like this?

morbidkk 18y ago

send him ubuntu hardy 8.04LTS for free

wheels 18y ago
I think you mean Lindows. Erm, Linspire. Meh, whatever, just get his $100. ;-)

joshu 18y ago

HarrixOS! http://web.archive.org/web/20010608013821/www.harrixos.co.uk/history3_8.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010608013821/www.harrixos.co.uk... (the navigation images do not seem to have been archived...) http://web.archive.org/web/20010124021000/http://www.harrixos.co.uk/history4.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010124021000/http://www.harrixo... http://web.archive.org/web/20010512014726/www.harrixos.co.uk/history5.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010512014726/www.harrixos.co.uk... Oooh, and screenshots: http://web.archive.org/web/20010607222820/www.harrixos.co.uk/image.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20010607222820/www.harrixos.co.uk...

alaskamiller 18y ago

Old joke is old.

caudicus 18y ago
Agreed - just as a sample, here is another one posted a while ago (Jan. 2007) - http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_42879.html http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_4287...

xenoterracide 18y ago

roflol

ojbyrne 18y ago

The best part is the ad for a book called "Successful Outsourcing" that I see on the page.

nickb 18y ago

It's an old troll: http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_42879.html http://www.getacoder.com/projects/need_operating_system_4287...

CaptainMorgan 18y ago
Wasn't the one submitted to HN requiring a mere $100? Imagine that!? :) How nice of them to lower the prices they were going to pay the developer...

socratees 18y ago

holy smokes!!! $20-$100 for a new OS, with clear edges? does he mean shell themes?

SingAlong 18y ago

His way of finding a business oppurtunity seems to be simple: Just find what everyone's using and build (or get built) another one like that to try and make a quick buck. These guys often dream of becoming billionaires with this idea. I confess that I too had such ideas when I was 14 (4 yrs ago). He never seems to think why people need another OS or as he says an 'Operasting System'.

metatronscube 18y ago

I will take it!

tomek 18y ago

Some dude in India took the project and now is trying to get someone to get the job done.