amicus_curious <ACDC@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Maintaining, promoting, and defending standards is dry work and not very
> fulfilling, similarly to writing kernel code for operating systems. I
> wonder how long this ODF effort can continue without any way for its
> developers to be compensated for their long boring hours.
Ouch... I personally don't consider writing kernel code to be 'dry work
and not very fulfilling', but perhaps that says something about how
much of geek I really am. :-/
On the other hand, after a few days on the job at my latest kernel
hacking consulting gig, one of my teammates actually asked me, "Why
do Linux experts all look like rock starts?" OK, I have a beard
and a pony tail... but rock star!? I would have blown coffee out
my nose had I been drinking any at the time.
Yeah baby... rock star. Sex, drugs, and source code. Heck, I
can't even get a compile done with all these groupies crowding into
my cube.
I'm laughing again just thinking about it.
Thad
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