[KLUG Members] Open Source is Not a Career Path

[Adam Elkins]

It's been said 'Open Source doesn't pay the bills, M$ does because it's 
broken'

my 2 cents i guess...

Adam E


Charles Kusmirek wrote:

> The lead sentence of an article...
>
>> "If you're getting into open source because you see it as a career 
>> path, you're doing something wrong."
>
>
> That's a quote from Linus Torvalds.
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> Here is the link:  http://blog.informationweek.com/002186.html
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> I think that is open to debate.
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>> The future of open-source software depends upon bright, motivated 
>> programmers filled with ideas and initiative rather than programmers 
>> promoting their own, or their employer's, self interests.
>
> Great!  Slam the door hard in the face of prospective allies because 
> of what, a survival instinct or a profit motive?  Well, there really 
> is a bogey man after all kiddies.  Lock your doors, shutter the 
> windows, and huddle under the covers.
>
> Look, idealsim is almost as great as love.  Yet the bills still got to 
> be paid.  So knock off the hypocrisy.  Be highly sceptical of those 
> vested business interests yet seize every opportunity to exploit them 
> to further open source initiatives.  The game might be rigged, but you 
> cannot win if you do not play.
>
>> a thick skin also is a requirement
>
>
> What say you all?
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