[Pessimist]

I’m a software engineer, so I have a particular view on this.

What I always wonder is “who feeds all this free labor?”.

Think about it.

Its not surprising that a lot of it is European.

Anyway, it makes for some interesting business models.

One thing I notice, and this is probably unavoidable, is that a lot of open source stuff is not wel documented from the user’s persepctive. It’s one thing to get people willing to donate time in the hope of making a name f or themselves. But there aren’t so many volunteers when it comes to the glory-free chore of documentation.

[JRandomFreeper]

I've written a few device drivers for linux in my time. And I sure ain't no European.

And if you want documentation, as they say.... "Use the Source, Luke". ;)

/johnny