"Software wants to be free". Give me a break.
Most people like to be paid for their work. Programming is not a hobby
for all of us: some people use it to feed their families.
Peter Machell wrote:
On 20/09/2006, at 9:38 PM, Andrew N. Shrosbree wrote:
Anybody who believes that an open source product will gain traction
without the support of a major financial backer is a naive idealist.
Well you're out. Altruists only please, bitter and twisted need not
apply.
5. You will be vilified by the opensource community if you dare to
deviate from their puritanical, idealistic view of software.
That's because software wants to be free. If you stuck to this
concept, all your other points would be mute.
Peter.
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