Internetnews.com writes that “

[i]f you thought that most open source developers work for open source companies, you might well be wrong. According to a survey from open source services vendor OpenLogic, 50 percent of its respondents actually work for a proprietary vendor.  […]  The OpenLogic study was carried out by polling members of the OpenLogic expert community, which is a group of individuals that provides support and commercial assistance on open source technologies to OpenLogic customers.”

USAToday points out that “[t]he available number of so-called H-1B visas, which last six years, has always run short of demand. But last April, when applications for this year came in, they exceeded the limit on the first day they were accepted.  Pause for a moment to consider the implications of this. A program many high-tech companies consider crucial in filling their need for programmers, engineers and such, is so oversubscribed that it is turning into a once-a-year lottery. As Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates noted in recent congressional testimony, that can mean rescinding job offers to top recruits who can’t get in.  The H-1B problem is one part of the highly skilled labor shortage the USA faces. So, too, is the lack of permanent visas for the best and brightest workers here on temporary visas, such as the H-1B and student visas, that are about to expire.”

ITWorld has an interesting article today entitled “Even Apple will be hated today,” which points out that “Apple and Google zealots may not like to hear that their beloved will be hated one day like Microsoft, but it’s true. In an industry where users are fickle and power translates to evilness, no one is safe from the wrath of anonymous haters that dislike anything that looks like an empire.  Believe it or not, there was once a day when Bill Gates and Microsoft were loved by millions across the globe.  […]  [The company] was heralded as the leader of the PC revolution and the one saving grace in an industry that was dominated by that ‘evil’ IBM.”

Reuters reveals that “[a]s the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous.  The Internet came to Bhutan along with television just nine years ago. In a country where open criticism of the elite is almost unheard of, the anonymity of the Web is giving a few people the chance to speak their minds without fear.  ‘We shiver in front of the Lyonpos (ministers) or the other High Ups and fail to utter anything because of our so-called rich culture,’ one contributor known as coolmandala wrote on the state-owned newspaper Kuensel’s popular discussion forum at www.kuenselonline.com.  ‘Do you still want to live in fear? If not, this is what democracy is all about.’  […]  [T]here is no doubt times are changing in the Land of the Thunder Dragon.  ‘Of all the different media, the internet has pushed the boundaries faster,’ said Kinley Dorji, Kuensel’s managing director.  ‘It seems to be because of the anonymity.’”

O’Reilly Digitalmedia has a good article today about the “controversy surrounding Apple’s Safari for Windows ‘update.’”  The article’s author, Jochen Wolters, points out that “[t]he problem is that Sarari 3.1. is listed as an ‘update’ even when the software is not installed on the target machine. There is no visual distinction between real updates to software that is installed on the computer, and the fresh install of Safari, and per default, the checkbox next to Safari is checked. Just hit return, and Safari may find its way onto your machine even if it wasn’t invited to the party.”