Re: [tw] Do you people ever get PAID for your work ...?

2016-05-03 Thread progetti
Hegart I found that post interesting. Thanks for taking the time. What strikes me is how maybe the money works out (at least for some). Still, I think i would be too self-interested for that level of giving. I, frankly, am amazed at the giving away that Mr Ruston and also "Mr Eric" have active

Re: [tw] Do you people ever get PAID for your work ...?

2016-05-03 Thread progetti
Hegart I found that post interesting. Thanks for taking the time. What strikes me is how maybe the money works out (at least for some). Still, I think i would be too self-interested for that level of giving. I, frankly, am amazed at the giving away that Mr Ruston and also "Mr Eric" have active

Re: [tw] Do you people ever get PAID for your work ...?

2016-05-03 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
Hi Josiah, For myself, the open source community is a recognition of the fact that there is "nothing new under the sun ". Or, as open source advocates are more prone to put it, we're all "standing on the shoulders of giants

Re: [tw] Do you people ever get PAID for your work ...?

2016-05-03 Thread progetti
Alex There is NOTHING i could disagree with in what you wrote. It is INSPIRING. As Tigger says ... "The wonderful about Tiggers Is Tiggers are wonderful things." BUT ALSO people need cash to live. So. I get interested in the economy of support that enables them to do so, or not.. Josia

Re: [tw] Do you people ever get PAID for your work ...?

2016-05-03 Thread Alex Hough
Josiah, I see TW as a utopian project concerned with knowledge, knowledge creation, sharing and cooperation.It's a creative commons, in line with the ethos of the Open Source movement. Part of the design skills possessed by Jeremy, Eric (who moderates the group) et al. is (as I see it at least)