Just imagine...there's this one developer in Poland who is making a killing by selling his product worldwide with no one able to fire him or force him to do what he doesn't want to. He works hard at it because he enjoys it and there's always something in that product for everyone to get the purchase value out of.
Life doesn't get (professionally) much better than that as a self- employed individual...unless you have some great talent you were born with that is in high demand or unless you can trade the futures and make a 7 figure salary without having to get out of your jammies and take a shower...until you feel like it. --- In [email protected], "progster01" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "vlanschot" <vlanschot@> wrote: > > > He has chosen a business format which has been very successful for > > AB. But the main risk is the reliance on its creator (there is no > > contingency plan here). We cannot have him turn into an author. > > That's something I've wondered about - does TJ have any contingency > plans at all for what happens to AB as a product if for any reason he > personally becomes unavailable for maintaining/advancing it? > > For some reason, I think of the theater, where the producer of a show > makes sure that the star has an understudy who knows the part and can > play it if called upon. > > I know it's a completely different model, but for comparison, Linux > will go on even if Linus does not. > > AB as a codebase is such a powerful and useful accomplishment that it > is appalling to think of it's continuing viability being completely > and irretrievably tied to the plans and status of one man alone. >
