The Programmers Guild disputes that more H-1b visas would benefit "U.S. global competitiveness," and they would represent undue competition for Americans seeking jobs in this recessionary job market.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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motters
4 years 9 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago
Free Software, Free market
Anyone who seriously subscribes to this highly isolationist view hasn't fully grokked the idea of the free market in software development enabled by free software, which Stallman has talked about on many occasions.
A couple of years ago a US company tried to hire me as a software developer, but fell foul of the US's silly rules. All this means is that its a European company rather than a US one which is getting the advantage of my services.
kiba
4 years 9 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago
There is a programmer
There is a programmer guild?????????????
Nonetheless, I am suspicious of any unions or guilds. I view them in the same light such as MPAA and RIAA. These associations are dangerous to the welfare of the free market. They help stifles competition and keep cost of entry high. Though it is a good thing that these guilds have little power.
Unions(Obsolete as workers gain more bargaining power under the law), intellectual monopolies(Antithetical to the free market and free software) created by the government, and protectionist attitudes are roadblocks to a just and free capitalistic society.
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sanity
4 years 9 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago
Jobs as a scarce resource is an economic fallacy
I first came to the US under the H1-B program, although I'm now a permanent resident. Over the past 6 years, I've provided employment to over 80 Americans, interesting jobs, good salaries, etc.
Looking at jobs as a scarce resource is an economic fallacy, employment creates more employment.
Note that if you rank states by the amount of immigration they experience, and then rank them by their wealth, you will find that both lists are almost identical (with California at the top, and Mississippi at the bottom).