Re: Are devs who work on or use open source happier in their employment?

On 23/09/2010 20:18, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> On 9/23/2010 10:37 AM, Grant Ingersoll wrote:
>>
>> At any rate, my motivation for asking is that I'm writing an
>> article on some thoughts in this area spurred by something a client
>> told me (at a very old, established company, mind you) about why
>> they wanted to get the word out that they were using open source:
>> they felt it would help them attract and retain developers b/c they
>> would be more satisfied in their jobs b/c they got to work on
>> innovative open source technologies.

This tweet from @mathplourde one persons opinion on it:

"#UF #Sakai migration: Ability to fix bugs is great, we have had open 
tickets with WebCT for over 5 years. #ltc0910"

(Sakai is an open source Virtual Learning Environment, WebCT is a closed 
source one)

Ross