Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:33:21 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Lynch <lynch@bsdunix.net> To: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> Cc: brett@lariat.org, tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003240929521.19463-100000@bytor.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <20000323232028H.jhix@mindspring.com>
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ESR, Jordan, and I were at an Open Source roundtable in New York City about a year ago, and the ego thing was brought up. Lets face it, alot of us are motivated by ego, in fact the majority of us are. Maybe not in front of others, but certainly in our own eyes. We strive to outdo ourselves in everything we do. I do this in part for the ego boost, in part for sheer enjoyment. And I like the people in this community, they tend to think alot like I do. so in part it is comraderie as well. theres alot of motivating factors behind the "Free Software" movement, however I would definitely have to agree with ESR in part at least. Noone is ego-free. -Pat __ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net lynch@bsdunix.net lynch@unix.sh lynch@blowfi.sh Systems Administrator Rush Networking On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, W Gerald Hicks wrote: > From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> > Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" > Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:19:37 -0700 > > > At 04:51 PM 3/21/2000 , Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > >People who have read an abstract of Raymond's "The Cathedral And > > >th Bazaar" are writing most of the articles. They haven't read > > >the full text, > > > > True. The paper itself is rather badly written, IMHO. I know > > what he's driving at, but he does not express it well. > > > > I didn't get it (the paper). ESR's assertion that ego gratification > is the primary motivational force behind the free software revolution > was a very negative impression I came away with. > > I couldn't disagree more. I believe that it's simply a matter of > craftsmen (and women :) asserting their power over the tools of their > trade. > > -- > > Jerry Hicks > jhix@mindspring.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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