Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:56:55 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to BSD" Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000324175114.041d3950@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000323232028H.jhix@mindspring.com> References: <4.2.2.20000321221834.041727c0@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003220133470.1180-100000@theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in> <200003212351.QAA13462@usr08.primenet.com> <4.2.2.20000321221834.041727c0@localhost>
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At 12:20 AM 3/24/2000 , W Gerald Hicks wrote: >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. In some cases, that's true. And in some cases, anger plays a part. Many of Richard Stallman's early open source efforts were motivated by anger. The purpose of the FSF was, in fact, to exact revenge upon commercial software developers and Symbolics in particular. Likewise, OpenBSD can be said to be the result of animus between Theo de Raadt and a few of the NetBSD core team members. Many developers of GPLed code (though not Linus Torvalds) are likewise motivated by anger directed at Microsoft and/or other corporations which they feel are "evil." The motivating power of ire should not be underestimated. "Hell hath no daemon like a hacker scorned." --Brett "Rules? This is the Internet." -- Dan Gillmor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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