last updated:04 Sep 2004 18:07 UK time JOS Statistics - Top 100 Monthly Items Feb 2004 | Jan 2004 | Dec 2003    Number Of Comments "Top grades and a track record of success"   73 Need techie advice on launching new startup   66 Finally a good idea: Developer licensing.   62 Advice Wanted   58 Blame Open Source for outsourcing nightmare.   58 cabling rant   56 Knowledge management for development team.   55 offshoring   53 is there any point to learning a new language?   51 H1B: I am facing doom?   50 Money saved by using open source can be used to em   50 Submitting Job Applications in PDF format   49 What's so special about "my own office".   49 rule of engagement, #1   49 Signs Your Company Has Hired A Bad Programmer   47 "Unix culture values code useful to other pgmrs?"   47 Stupid Move on the Part of Microsoft?   47 Noise Levels in the Work Environment   47 Taxes & US Developers' Ability to Compete Globally   46 SOFTWARE CANNOT BE GIVEN AWAY!   46 Home electronics rant   46 new direction for America's space program   46 Can't Copy Money   46 My Adventures with our H1-b's   45 Please enter... without dashes or spaces   44 Dealing with Madness   43 Reality   43 Attending top university and writing good code   42 NBOR, "revolutionary" software, arrives today?   42 Delphi for ShrinkWrap Desktop Applications   40 Vote on my domain name!   40 Game development for kids   40 Would you...   40 trust new grad with major module or contract out?   39 Let's talk about keyboards.   39 Are Developers Typically Computer Gamers?   36 Is the ship sinking at Borland?   36 Were 80's developers better than most today?   36 The Apprentice   36 What to make of "hand optimized code"?   36 CD-Burning Question (Massive Backup?)   36 A plea for email addresses   35 How Does GPL Work with Commercial Linux Distros?   35 Who's your favorite registrar?   35 Why 'win'word and not 'win' excel?   35 The source of `bad code'   35 Licensing Software to a Specific Machine   35 Job Postings - Getting What You Want   34 Technical Ladder -- myth or reality   34 80,000 Protest Against Microsoft, Coke in India!   34 DonationWare   34 Linux and Innovation ... where is it?   33 Joel Ripoff?   33 Private offices: fairness vs. productivity   33 I am so lucky I have a job   33 Part-Time Jobs Held by Developers   33 My Next 'Save the World' Plan: the Profitable Web   33 microsoft access... for stupid people! (like me)   32 "The Apprentice" (spoilers)   32 Berkeley Dinner / January 30 / RSVP Here!   32 Join the lemmings in the rush to India.   32 Clearing the air on Delphi   31 A linker for .NET?   31 Anyone else get hatemail from this board?   31 Where Joel REALLY goes wrong   31 Product Positioning Dilemma: Apple iPod mini   31 Which programming language fits this criteria?   31 "Rules of Engagement" and custom software   31 US:More degrees in “parks & recreation” than in EE   31 Database versus flat file flamewar   31 Want eat book   30 My Grammar be gettin' better   30 Amazingly stupid, simple C++ question   29 "The Apprentice" (Spoilers)   29 Anders Hejlsberg On C# vs Java Generics   29 Mars Rover Software Problems   29 "The Office"   29 Backups comment/question   29 The computer delusion   29 Blatant Discrimination   29 Managing Idiot Savants   28 Resume Post   28 Internet Explorer: worst piece of software ever   28 Source Control - Is CVS the best?   28 Dark Eyes   28 Aptitude vs. Qualifications   28 Montréal Dinner / January 15 / RSVP Here!   28 Home Web Server - which is good..   27 Frustated by (Near) Impossible Algorithm Challenge   27 plain text passwords over HTTP   27 To Struts or not?   27 Cross UNIX Portability - Facts and Myths   27 Building Community with My Ass.   26 I'm a programmer and I don't have the .NET runtime   26 Now I had it with Joel   26 Does C# owe its success to Java or VB ?   26 your freeware collection/recommendation   26 basic db question   26 Sealed Classes C#   26 Internet Explorer: Best software ever   26 This chart contains items that have been commented on in this month. Items that have not been commented on yet will not appear.