Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:47:43 -0600 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000324094743.00a5f220@mail85.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003240929521.19463-100000@bytor.rush.net> References: <20000323232028H.jhix@mindspring.com>
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At 09:33 24-03-2000 -0500, Pat Lynch wrote:
>ESR, Jordan, and I were at an Open Source roundtable in New York City
>about a year ago, and the ego thing was brought up. Lets face it, alot of
>us are motivated by ego, in fact the majority of us are.
^^^^
Fact? Do you have any statistics from an objective research study to
support this claim?
Certainly not all of us are motivated by ego. I generally write software
because I need to do something, and I cannot find software that does it the
way I need it done, or occasionally because I cannot afford such software.
I simply release that software because I assume that if I need it, someone
else may need it as well. As long as it's written, and as long as I do not
plan to sell it, I may as well give it away.
Others may be profit motivated: Releasing free software helps build their
portfolio, so they can find a decent paying job.
Cheers,
Adam
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