Re: Bitkeeper licence issues

Rik van Riel
2002-03-19T23:26:55Z

On 19 Mar 2002, Robert Love wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 18:08, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> > Hey, don't forget about Brazil ;)
> >
> > I know folks in Silicon Valley who pay more rent than what
> > I earn in a month ... and I'm earning enough money to have
> > a comfortable life here, at a fairly safe distance from the
> > DMCA and its friends ;)
>
> That's why you need to work for a Silicon Valley firm, get paid a
> Silicon Valley paycheck, but work remotely from the country side. ;)

That's a very nice short-term option, but I suspect that after
some years the people in Silicon Valley will get smarter than
that ;)

I agree with Alan, the future is moving computer programming
to places where programmers don't need to earn a small fortune,
places where programmers can be economic to the company working
"just" 40 hours a week instead of the 60 to 90 hours I've seen
some people in the US suffer ...

... maybe even places where the cost of living is low enough
that programmers can have time to think and have a life,
instead of being forced to work more than what's good for
them just because of the local price level.

regards,

Rik
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