[100775] in RedHat Linux List
Re: The future of the OSS model: self-destruct?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dairin Mckay)
Mon Nov 23 10:13:30 1998
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:06:57 -0600 (CST)
From: Dairin Mckay <dmckay@escape.com>
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On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Michael Jinks wrote:
>> Lance Cummings wrote:
>> My real question is how can I (or anyone) make any money from this
>> software model?
> By making money on something other than the software itself.
I concur.
I firmly believe Lance's original question represents a large
(mis)conception about the OSS community and the programmers who are
involved.
Most OSS developers do it solely as a hobby -- even a thrill or
challenge -- and often have jobs related to something completely
different. *These* are the true `hackers' (much unlike who the
list has recently been calling `hackers').
dairin
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