Re: [OS:N:] IP - Was: Questionaire about ...
Greg Ackerson <[email protected]>
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Dee-Ann said: > I can't imagine doing all of that for free AND having to find another > way to pay my mortgage and eat. [snip] > Certification is about knowing HOW to do things. Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, but the way I look at it (and a lot of industry talking heads feel the same way, at least about America) is that we're headed toward a services-only oriented society. I do some content creation at my job, but the majority of my value is in *how* I know to do things, as opposed to the *things* I do. I'm an important member of the team because they know if they have a problem, they can come to me and in all likelihood I can take care of it. That's service. I firmly believe we aren't too far away from a technological revolution--call it the Nanotech age--in which wealth is going to become massively redefined as tools, construction supplies, and even food is generated essentially for free. Or at least for the cost of the raw materials. "Start burning fossil fuels again;" Kim Stanley Robinson says, "we need the carbon!" In this future age the only value will be service. And you'll have so much free time, you'll be able to generate all the content you want pro bono. --GAck ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Ackerson -- Senior Seeker of Silliness ph:757-890-2951 http://supersilly.com/~greg cell:804-413-1363 I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>