Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:57:46 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net> Cc: fbsd_chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Top Talent for Free Message-ID: <4979F70A.2000900@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <4966EB68.4030200@highperformance.net> References: <4966EB68.4030200@highperformance.net>
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Jason C. Wells wrote: > Something occured to me recently when I was listening the the Mormon > Tabernacle Choir sing Handel's Messiah the other day. There is no > shortage of top talent willing to perform some tasks for free. In this > particular case, one could argue that some of the very best in the world > are singing for free. Many musicians work for free in well established > orchestras, for example in Seattle where I paid money to hear Messiah. > > It seems like the same is true for open source. There are some very > clever people right here in the FreeBSD community. Some are more widely > known (jkh, Watson, McKusick) than others but all of them are very > good. Some open source developers have turned their open source > involvement into a lucrative gig. But many remain volunteers. > > Then you have situations like football here in the US or even football > as you call it everywhere else. There is no shortage of top talent in > these sports. These people command sizable incomes in this effort though. > > So what's the difference? How do some fields of endeavor get top talent > for free and other fields of endeavor pay big bucks for the top talent? > Certainly we could find footballers to play on TV for free. 1] Love of the field of endeavor. 2] Idealism. 3] Knowing it's a pipe dream to get paid for it anyway. My $0.02, -- Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad. -- Leo Rosten, on W.C. Fields
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