I’m hoping some of us remember when subversion was first released. Those of us CVS users knew immediately that subversion’s changeset-based tracking was a big improvement. Some of us held off a little while until the tool support had matured, but after a few months there was no great benefit to sticking with CVS, and [...]

Kevin Marks “In the end, this means that really great coders will keep getting paid less than they are worth and average ones will keep getting paid more, so the economic benefits of great skill will go primarily to the companies with the best employees and not to the employees themselves.” I read this post [...]

Back in November the EU looked at the economic impact of open-source software. It’s a mammoth report, but it’s also an extremely important one – FLOSS software doesn’t have the lobbying power of the monopolists who peddle proprietary software. It’s uncompromisingly positive about the benefits of FLOSS, going as far to suggest that they’re so [...]

The guardian reports today that average web developer’s salaries have risen by a whopping 23% in the last year. Definitely a sign that we’re in the midst of a tech boom. Interestingly, the article claims that the retail sector is driving the demand. I hope this signals the end of companies seeing development as something [...]