[dundee] Open source debate

Kris Davidson davidson.kris at gmail.com
Tue Jul 20 16:44:17 UTC 2010


It's Finnon's third law of the Internet, perhaps a corollary to
Godwin's "As any discussion continues the chance it will trend toward
another topic increases" we're just lucky we avoided Vi vs Emacs or
Kirk vs Picard territory that or some anti-MS rant with what is though
of as funny but is actually bitter spelling.

On 20 July 2010 17:30, Arron M Finnon <finux at finux.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 05:13:51PM +0100, Rick Moynihan wrote:
>> On 20 July 2010 16:14, Gary Short <gary at garyshort.org> wrote:
>> > Noone's certs are worth the paper they are printed on (I speak as an MCP, MCAD and MVP). It's what's on your CV that counts. If it ain't there, you ain't done it. End of.
>>
>> Surely the following is more accurate:
>>
>> "If you ain't done it, you ain't done it.  If you done it, you done it." :-)
>>
>> The underlying assumption behind recruitment?  A persons past is the
>> most reliable indicator of their future.  Is it flawed?  Yes, but it
>> yields better results than a random sample ;-)
>>
>> Now remind me, how did a thread on open source debate get into
>> discussing CV's and certifications?!
>
> tis the way of mailman, young jedi
>
>>
>> R.
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