Being acquired by Monsanto does not invalidate "The Climate Corporation"'s work, which I find extremely exciting and valuable. In fact, why would their work be "worthwhile" by your worthiness definition? They are just insurance sellers, after all.
Clojure itself is the ultimate worthwhile project. Even if it fails, by some measure of failure, the world is better with a sufficiently-functional language, an inspiration for future Lisp users, and a target for future JVM languages to aim. On Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:49:37 AM UTC-2, Rich Morin wrote: > > I found Doug Selph's talk at Clojure/conj to be quite inspiring, in > that he is clearly (IMHO) doing something that is of great potential > value to humanity. I used to have similar feelings about The Climate > Corporation, but their recent acquisition by Monsanto troubles me. > > This makes me wonder about the number of Clojure-driven projects that > meet Tim O'Reilly's notions of "doing something worthwhile": > > “Pursue something so important that even if you fail, > the world is better off with you having tried.” > > Full disclojure: I'd love to find a Clojure-related position that meets > this test. More generally, however, I'd like to know about any projects > that do so. Suggestions, anyone? > > -r > > -- > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin > r...@cfcl.com<javascript:> > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume San Bruno, CA, USA +1 650-873-7841 > > Software system design, development, and documentation > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
