Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:18:04 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Many thanks for your time Message-ID: <20050422111804.GA16808@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <42682DFA.4010105@tcbug.org> References: <42682DFA.4010105@tcbug.org>
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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-software.php
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