[LAU] An appeal to famous artists?

[James Morris]

On 3 August 2011 10:10,  <pshirkey at boosthardware.com> wrote:
>> On 3 August 2011 03:59, Alexandre Prokoudine
>> <alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:45 AM,  pshirkey wrote:
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>>>> This is the kind of feedback that we can only get when companies make
>>>> the
>>>> effort to use Linux tools as part of a solution.
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>>>> Chicken vs egg.
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>>> I still believe (what a naive person am I) that it's possible to come
>>> up with reasonable business models around FOSS (fingers crossed for
>>> MuseScore folks), but IMO part of the job is gettings contacts with
>>> companies who do contracts with governments, and generally staying
>>> tuned to what's happening around. That means quitting the dangerous
>>> "I'm just a programmer" attitude. Monotechnics is hardly an excuse.
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>> Developers should develop software, end of. A lot of free software is
>> developed on a voluntary basis, because the developer wants to, not
>> because they're paid. You have no right to tell these developers it is
>> their job to go chasing government contracts. Such activities are much
>> better suited to people with big strong forceful opinionated
>> personalities such as yourself.
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> And then people like you get to reap the rewards when money is invested
> into <you favorite software> ...  There are lots of angles to cover to
> progress the platform/ecosystem.  There are plenty round here who spend a
> substantial amount of their time working to get contracts so they can
> invest time and money into developing tools further.

People like me? Reaping the rewards? Mate, I work in a fucking factory
for just above the minimum wage. I get home every day and spend a
considerable portion of my free time using my favourite software. Free
software which mainly consists of a text editor, GCC, JACK, and an
Xterm. Sure, I forked it the project, it's not a professional audio
app, and it's a little bit broken at present, but that's what happens
when people like me get hold of free software. YOU CAN'T CONTROL US.



> Govt contracts however are few and far between.
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> Patrick Shirkey
> Boost Hardware Ltd
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