osOpinion: Linux companies: Hire more seasoned veterans or risk it all!

“Having been around a long time and being observant, I have
noticed that there are now two Linux communities. The real one and
the one bought and paid for by the recent IPO’s. This may
sound like flame bait but it isn’t. First of all, if my hunch is
right, these organizations are staffed by 20ish megalomaniacs and
they are not being led. This leads to a difficult situation. Look
at what happens to a lot of Rock Stars. They get so much positive
feedback they self-destruct. I see it happening in the commercial
Linux world. Some of what used to be my favorite sites have either
become mirrors of each other or simply spin machines for their
patrons. They just suck up resources and yes management to death
doing the minimum required to achieve the maximum salaries. Typical
Dot Com behavior. Linux is supposed to be about more than that. Now
that these things are funded, everybody acts like they are secure.
Wrong! Keep it fresh or fire them. I don’t care if they started the
thing no one has arrived yet.”

“A few weeks ago everyone was riding high because Wall Street is
gullible and greedy. This led to gross over valuing of anything
mysterious and geeky. Boys and Girls, the party is over and now
comes the hard part. You actually have to produce something
profitable. If dividends are not forthcoming these paper tigers are
going to become worthless. It is disappointing to see these newly
formed companies acting in bad faith throwing money away just like
the Dot Coms. They create sites that are trash and acquire solid
sites, water them down and make them trash all so that they have
something to write on their prospectus. Pampering them isn’t fair
to them or us . Unless these companies start to reel in and pursue
that which makes sense, then in all fairness they are guilty of
fraud. Wall Street poured millions into them and sits poised to
pour more in however no there is a catch. -perform-“

“I have many opinions on many things. This one happened to turn
out to be on the commercial aspect of Linux. It would just be
whining if I didn’t take the time to offer some suggestions to go
along with my opinion. My first one is that the new economy is a
myth. You folks out there that have been entrusted with the
public’s money need to understand the “old” or REAL economy and
take measures to see to it that your business model lives up to it.
I am all for investing for the long term. However, that term needs
to be finite and interest on that fallow money must be considered
in the pay off. Another bit of advice, pay these people what their
worth. I hate to say this but a lot of these clowns are over paid.
I know. I have even been extremely overpaid for stupid work in this
“new/stupid” economy.”

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