RE: Future of Dolphin Survey

> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:44:49 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Future of Dolphin Survey
> 
> I believe that's why nature is taking us to the model of open source,
> with pay for support.

I sure hope you're wrong.  What a dismal future.

> If you aren't able to support the code you downloaded for free, and
> need support right now, you'll pay for the help.  Nothing to stop you
> from using the code in the first place, but you can bet that for new
> software, there won't be too many "experts" available to help you get
> a project started.
> 
> After a while, knowledge of any new software ceases to be the "secret
> sauce" by which one can make money.  Closed source just makes that
> time window larger.  People are smart enough nowadays to make open
> source with paid support a reality.

But what a reality.  If you've ever worked in a large company you know the absolute worst place to work is the support areas.  The thoughts of a programmers only options for making money being (a) being chained to a cubicle writing the same boring software over and over or (b) working in support are extremely depressing.

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