On 05/06/07, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Are these young minds concerned about cost, or do they need to modify the C++ source?
Cost makes little difference to the students I know - if they need a piece of software in their studies they "know" how to get it :) Access to the source code - for hacking and learning - maybe. The reasons I pick up on are a mixed bunch: - a mixture of: - the philosophy - what are the ideas behind it / is it cool? - more important is a sense of "follow the leader". They want to be in the same crowd as other cool coders they respect. - Add to this a bit of long term business nous - is this framework going to be around when I qualify = "open source is the way to go" The cost factor is particularly perverse - in poorer countries where money is much more of an immediate factor than pure geek credentials - proprietary software (ripped off) is the way to go. In some notable cases governments and goverment contracts try to encourage open source in these situations - again largely for "political" reasons, or a mistaken idea that it will be cheaper. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
