On Saturday 25 March 2006 20:14, steve szmidt wrote: > Hmm. The last time money was short I unselfishly offered my time to > help raise money, because I wanted to help. Help those who had helped > me. I figured it would be a nice thing for me to do.
Altruism is a sham. Selflessness does not exist. The reason you offered to help is beacause you felt good practicing your society's morals--helping people with no concern of yourself. Well, since you only offered to help raise money, you got to feel good and do nothing at the same time. What a deal! That's a lot like prayer. "Dear God: Please help my neighbors since their house burned down." Do it yourself! Since you're influenced by popular morals, you probably will feel good by helping them or feel better by allievating your guilt. But don't con yourself into thinking that you're being selfless. You are getting something out of it--you are egotistical. This is not a bad thing, but such a dissection would deviate too far from the scope of misc. I help myself. That's why I've actually contributed (rather than spewing bunk like the rest of you malarky-brained meat wads sans nutritional value.) I know that my money funds tools that I use. It is no donation, and it certainly is not selfless. I think that this perception of "donation" is a stumbling block to corporate funding. Try using that, o' employed ones. > There are very few places indeed where people retain customers after > being verbally abused. It speaks droves of how good your code is. > Imagine the support if your attitude matched your code! OpenBSD's code is directionally porportional to the aggregate attitude of the developers. They have no time for anything but excelence. > You are burning bridges left right and center with those who'd be > happy to contribute, had it not been for the holier than thou > attitude. It's absolutely amazing people donate at all. Imagine if > you had competition that were nice! Anyone who'd spent any time on > the list would go elsewhere. Holier than thou? You're the selfless man! > It's not like anyone is suggesting you go celebate, or wear weird > clothes or something. People just like being treated nicely. I'm sure > you would not mind if someone threw a few nice words your way... OpenBSD is not fuled by anyone being nice. Insecure people need niceties. Travers Buda
