Re: New proposed top level FAQ for the defunct FedoraLegacy project

Jesse Keating <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:27:17 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.legacy
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On Friday 09 February 2007 15:14, Eric Rostetter wrote:
> > Without motivation like a paycheck, it is difficult to get people
> > interested in doing the work.
>
> This is the same as saying Opensource can't work... =A0Freeware will never
> catch on... =A0Altruism doesn't exist. =A0People only do things for money=
=2E..
> These are not true, unless applied to specific individuals rather than
> as a generality.

No, it's not the same.  Opensource works because a lot of people like worki=
ng=20
on creating new code and improving existing code.  Maintaining old code is=
=20
just not fun/glamorous work.  The majority of work done in this area of=20
opensource is done by paid engineers, and what isn't done by paid engineers=
=20
is most often based on what paid engineers are doing.

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Jesse Keating RHCE      (geek.j2solutions.net)
=46edora Legacy Team      (www.fedoralegacy.org)
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