On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> kama wrote: > > Sooner or later a free AC will either die or they try to go commersial. > > Its how programmers works. They want to get payed for the time they spend > > programming. This is also the reason OpenSource projects are doomed. I > > believe the OpenSource era is soon dead. Some larger projects will > > survive, but those are not made in a real non-profit way. These will be > > > Not everyone is motivated by greed. Believe it or not, some people > enjoy writing and maintaining software for free. I am one of those > people. Open source has been around for a long time, and is unlikely to > "die" any time soon. On a more important note, just because a project > is open source, it does not necessarily mean it has to be free. X-Chat > (the open source IRC program) is open source. If you download the > precompiled windows version, the author wishes the user to pay a > registration fee else the program can only be used for X ammount of > days. On the other hand, you can download the source code yourself, > compile it, and not have to pay any registration fee at all. I am aware of X-Chat. I use it myself, but use a precompiled windows version not compiled by him. And I was around when the flame started on if he broke GPL. And the reason is still greed. All the talk about "It takes up so much time", "The software costs, so I must start taking a fee.." is just plain BS. If he could, he would take money for precompiled Linux versions too. Never the less. look at sourceforge... how many projects are still alive? Most of them dies after a couple of months. I write programs myself, but I dont release them due to the amount of work it needs to support the users. I release insert functions in programs and post the patches back to the community. Other than that. There are not a steady flow of new programmers on the more hardcore development, like kernel or devicedriver programmers. Those who start program today start with .NET or java. And for most products using these languages are just a bunch of crap. It just laziness that they dont learn C++ instead. A decent c++ programmer can write code that operates in both windows and linux. /Bjorn _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
