Hi,
I'm a researcher interested in OSS / social dynamics (so this subject
line called out to me - other than that my favourite silk discussion
so far was the Real Filter Coffee discussion.) ; anyway, I couldn't
help noticing the repeated references to the ways in which real life/
family/ responsibilities / etc interfere with the life of OS
programmers. Rishab had an interesting note on leisure time / study
time in germany. Re. pressures in India , i'm curious to hear more
elaborating (ie venting further? i sense much frustration..) on the
following -
On Jan 14, 2008, at 4:46 AM, Biju Chacko wrote:
On Jan 11, 2008 2:01 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Then, there's this consistent pressure to earn, earn, earn .. join
Cognizant, get married, have kids, settle down into a comfortable
middle class lifestyle - that kind of gets in the way too.
I agree.
So, you mean it's a choice - "real life" or "OS passion," and you are
discouraged about the pressures toward the former?
This from Thaths seems to indicate that, as real life intrudes, OS/
fun-work communities recede:
>>>>
is married and thoroughly domesticated these days from what I hear.
Thaths
And, as an alternative:
Though, that's the old style of open source. I guess if you hire
people and pay them to work on open source, release open source,
it just might work far better.
Been there, done that, mostly skeptical.
-- b
Biju suggests the new style won't work - Why? At FOSS.in last month,
this seemed to be the popular model.
And, on a tangent: Charles: You just missed the December festival in
Chennai, best place to catch Bharatanatyam as well as great (the
best) Carnatic music kutcheris; and these days the artistes are doing
"discussion" sessions for novices so you could attend some great
sessions - perhaps plan it for next december?
cheers
Tea Beedi
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