Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 08:11:31 -0600 From: Joe Warner <jwarner@gubug.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Subject: Re: Many thanks for your time Message-ID: <200504230811.35689.jwarner@gubug.org> In-Reply-To: <20050422111804.GA16808@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <42682DFA.4010105@tcbug.org> <20050422111804.GA16808@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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--nextPart1226447.B1ppQt89Vk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 22 April 2005 05:18 am, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-04-21 15:49, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote: > > I don't think I'll ever understand how a professional coder could come > > home from work and code for a volunteer project. (I know that when I > > get home from a day of carpentry the last thing I want to do is work > > on my own house.:) > > I believe it's easily explained by the tendency of business-related > source to be "hacked in a rush" to match deadlines combined with the > need of programmers to work with software they like and can be proud > for. > > A very good article I've recently read that attempts to answer exactly > this sort of question was: > > http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/why-do-people-write-open-source-softwa= re >.php Thanks Giorgos, ..that answers a lot of the questions I had when I posted m= y=20 "Why do you do it?" msg a while back. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 Joe Warner <rootman> BSD/Computer Addict Greater Utah BSD User Group jwarner@gubug.org http://www.gubug.org "Who the heck is this toor guy anyway?" --nextPart1226447.B1ppQt89Vk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCaleXD+IP/JO8tfQRAmJlAKDHMv6ax0gi452CddQP1TTXsi/09ACg0ar8 fQBAiSb4628XJ3qFx7x4SGE= =FkL3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1226447.B1ppQt89Vk--
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