From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 17:13:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E08F31065674 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:13:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 663268FC18 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:13:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n0NGwq8K031389; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:58:53 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8RjNeT2bxD2W; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:58:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (ezekiel.daleco.biz [66.76.92.18]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n0NGvkIO031367; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:57:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <4979F70A.2000900@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:57:46 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jason C. Wells" References: <4966EB68.4030200@highperformance.net> In-Reply-To: <4966EB68.4030200@highperformance.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: fbsd_chat Subject: Re: Top Talent for Free X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:13:53 -0000 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