On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Arup Bhanja wrote:
> You can only get paid what the market can pay you. That is the system
> that works, anything else as we have seen in China or Soviet union is
> doomed to fail.
Getting into economic theory here would be a bit off topic. I'll leave
it that I don't agree with your assessment that there is only two models:
the dictatorial model of the Soviet experiment and China, and the 'equally
dictatorial' model of neo-liberalism.
http://www.igc.apc.org/envjustice/neolib.html
> Most of the software we see in open source world is written by brilliant
> programmers in Universities. What happens to them when they graduate,
> they no longer have the resources to produce the kind of work they were
> doing. For this you need money. That's where your >>gambling
> establishment<< comes into play as does VCs or angel investors.
You may be surprised if you look deeper how much Free Software is
produced by consultants without the need for the initial capital from the
stock market. Some people make an honest living at this type of thing
without the handouts.
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Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://russell.flora.org/work/>
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