pk 2 pk, sigh ... the sheer apathy!!! how do ppl think most folx in the FLOSS sector work? surprise!! inspite all that has been said by ESR in his catb book (Catherdral and the Bazaar) about how to make money from OSS most FLOSS folx still spend from their own pockets ... while maintaining a job else where for their bread and butter ... luckier folx get paid for their FLOSS work by people who stand to gain from their work ... which they are giving away for free ... its all voluntary give and take ... Linus might be extremely famous but he is not filthy rich like bill gates ... but still in todays world Linus' name commends much much more awe and respect than bill gates ... except in India ... where ppl are still eyeing only the big bucks ... well philosphies are for those who dont have an empty stomach ... i for one have a grumbling stomach right now and am signing off to go cook my dinner! ;-)
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:40:01 +0530, peekay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > r u nuts ! we don't like to contribute even for that tea which we consume > ourselves. We tried charging 100/- 50/- etc in the way of the great indian > divide (slabs) .. Meetings STOPPED ! No way i'm gonna pay for attending > meetings about free things ! To and fro costs for a meeting may be 150/- > 200/- (petrol driven fancy cars). But that's ok ! To be asked to pay or > FORCED to pay, nope M$ does exactly that. Not lug-ers. > Now tea IS served at meetings, courtsey me (till the numbers are small) > Meetings are beginning to happen (weekly ! wonder of wonders) > > So don't plan on 'funding' volunteers > > (i may join. I luv to be a 'funding' non-volunteer) > (since there are many not volunteering, maybe they > would like to chip in. Min.Costs/N = percapita load > Anyone ? for LoadShedding ? from Prem's shoulders > and LoadSharing ?) > > <silence> > > see ? that's why i use the non-currency resource. Its > easier to get and has much more power. Things get > done. Ask for money. Things get un-done ! > > yet .. .... > > ..piikay -- - Prem ---------------------------------------------------- Prem Kumar Aparanji M: 00919830631687 [Kolkata, WB, INDIA] http://prem.shaliniprem.com http://www.shaliniprem.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
