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To: Golden Eagle
These guys can't relate, they consider those that give away their work for free as their heros

The day I give away work for free is the day my wife hands me my Heroic butt on a plate.

I guess the capitalist in me doesn't understand the whole concept.

56 posted on 05/31/2006 2:36:47 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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To: softwarecreator
You can still be very well paid and work on Open Source projects. Many companies pay developers to work on Open Source projects for cost efficiency reasons - it's cheaper to say, commit a few developers to an Open Source project where labour and testing costs are spread out over several firms (and others), rather than bear the burden of all the development costs solo.

Regards, Ivan

58 posted on 05/31/2006 2:41:07 PM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: softwarecreator
I guess the capitalist in me doesn't understand the whole concept.

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Since their admitted goal is "to make propietary software obsolete", a guy like softwarecreator would have to find another paying profession.

61 posted on 05/31/2006 4:55:41 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Buy American. While you still can.)
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