3 Aug
2011
3 Aug
'11
11:20 a.m.
On 3 August 2011 10:10, <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com> wrote:
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.
On 3 August
2011 03:59, Alexandre Prokoudine
<alexandre.prokoudine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:45 AM, pshirkey wrote:
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. 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.
Chicken vs egg.
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. Govt contracts however are few and far between.
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd