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Re: [News] Does Money Motivate Developers?

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Open-source ventures: Where's the money?
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "Engineers aren't always after money," Jollans said. "Many of them
>| want peer group recognition, which the open-source community
>| provides. Community recognition is a huge motivating factor;
>| industry won't be able to choke this."
> `----
> 
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1604494476;fp;4194304;fpid;1

This aspect of development will not be disappearing, no matter what
locks are introduced into devices to prevent people from hacking them.
In the longer-run, the more "open" devices will continue to be the most
popular with real hackers, though.

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| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
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