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The Do-Good Imperative
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| Many of the products designed for altruistic reasons, such as the XO Laptop,
| turn out to be just good products because of the amount of innovation
| required to pull off the job. Products designed for the limitations of the
| developing world are of higher quality because of those limitations.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/63763.html
Recent:
Idealism and FOSS, buddies to the end
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| I think humans are inherently hopeful. So many of us focus on ideals. We are
| always concerned about things being "fair" and the way things "should" be.
| That is the underpinnings of idealism.
|
| [...]
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| Cooperation, sharing, allowing free access, etc these are all ideals. Things
| that we as humans feel are the ways things "should be". These are what Linux
| and Open Source are all about. Not only the technical work it produces, but
| the spirit of Community it allows as well.
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http://linuxgeeksunited.blogspot.com/2008/01/idealism-and-foss-buddies-to-end.html
Related:
Altruism and open source
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| The story illustrates a point. That is, open source goals are often
| directed outward, not inward. It's not, I'm going to make money, but
| we're going to accomplish some larger goal.
|
| Often the target of open source ambition is the customer. Open
| source projects drive out costs and bring savings, which multiply
| as customers learn more about their open source tools.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=795
Why Do Some Software Programmers Work for Free?
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| In the end, the results suggest that a potential monetary payoff down the
| line does motivate software developers to be more productive, but many
| developers are still attracted to the movement for things besides pecuniary
| rewards. They just don't seem to work as hard.
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http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/odd-numbers/2007/08/31/why-do-some-software-programmers-work-for-free
Father of microloans sees end to poverty
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| Computer programmer Tom Bostelmann had felt disconnected from philanthropy as
| a tech guy. Now he works as a consultant to the Grameen Technology Center,
| developing open-source banking systems software.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/335705_yunus17.html
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