Hi All, Usually open source projects have a "donate" section that allows people to send them money, beer, pizza, etc. I don't know if this would be applicable here in Manila :)
Anyways i think most people do contribute code/do QA testing for distributions (ie. Fedora project), but do not advertise about it. It may be because of how the Phillippine Culture is. --Xander On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hehehe, that's hilarious. perhaps it would really end up like you've grown > out of it or maybe by raising the bar, among other things. > > others would simply use their idle times creating their startup instead of > immediately contributing code to F/OSS projects. Although they would still > contribute to F/OSS projects they've used on their startups but only after > they've turn themselves into multi-millionaires (if not billionaires) in > their late 20s or early 30s. > > but i think the best thing that would happen is if you can monetize the open > source project you've initiated similar to WordPress/Automattic which have a > current valuation between $150M - $300M. > > and if you're going to try and imitate their success, please don't start > creating another blogging software :) > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I don't know about you guys, but personally I gain zero geek pride > > from working on open-source projects. > > > > I used to have a couple of projects like a DECADE ago and back then I > > was brimming full of pride at bug reports and code fixes and mention > > on web sites.... > > > > but that is so loser-ish :-P > > > > Make no mistake, I still hack. > > > > I hack boats. I hack camera lenses. I hack flashes to add > > functionality to them. I hack cameras (well, i blew up my EOS 350D > > from hacking it.. oh well) > > > > All of which are far more fun than contributing to an open-source project. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > .. > > > > > i don't think money is the issue but i'm pretty sure that bragging > rights > > > among alpha geeks can be a huge factor. i still remember being on a > weekend > > > coding marathon and it's all because of pride hehehe. > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- -- Xander Solis xrsolis.blogspot.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
