[sudo-discuss] foxconn stepping it up with the mozilla OS

[Alcides Gutierrez]

More slaves?

Alcides Gutierrez
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On Jun 24, 2013 9:51 AM, "Anca Mosoiu" <anca at techliminal.com> wrote:

> Adding massive numbers of engineers to a project is not a way to "step up"
> the process.
>
> Just sayin'.
>
> Anca.
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> On Jun 24, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Romy Ilano wrote:
>
> this is pretty neat...
>
> http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/24/foxconn-3000-software-workers/
>
> Foxconn wants to step up its Firefox OS development with thousands of
> new engineers
> [image: Foxconn wants to step up its Firefox OS development with thousands
> of new engineers]
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> When Foxconn announced its support for Firefox OS<http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/foxconn-joins-firefox-os/>,
> it wasn’t kidding around.
>
> The manufacturing giant said this weekend that hopes to recruit 3,000
> software engineers<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/06/21/2003565268> to
> help it develop for Mozilla’s mobile operating system in its software
> center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
>
> To put that number in context, the Kaohsiung center currently houses 300
> workers, making the addition of 3,000 new employees a pretty massive
> investment. (The company had initially expected to hire from 500 and 1,000
> workers.)
>
> As Foxconn said in a statement: “There will be no budget limit for
> fostering software talent.”
>
> The move is an important one for Foxconn, which is moving away from simply
> making devices for big foreign companies like Apple. instead, the company
> is pursuing what it calls a “‘eight screens, one network, and one cloud’
> strategy,” which essentially means that wants to have a greater role in
> both the hardware and software design of the devices made in its factories.
>
> To put it simply: The Foxconn of the future will be a very different beast
> from the one we’re used to.
>
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