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For Entrepreneurs, Recognition is the Reward: Lessons From the Open Source
Community and the NBA
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| Anyone following the open source phenomenon can’t help but be amazed at what
| appears to be volunteerism on a massive scale for corporate gain. Almost
| every company in the world has some strands of open source code floating
| around their company. Whether it is the Linux operating system, Apache web
| server, the IP protocol or database programs such as MySQL, open source
| software has permeated corporations around the globe.
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http://www.businessweek.com/business_at_work/business_entrepreneur/archives/2008/07/for_entrepreneu.html
http://tinyurl.com/6jrxjb
Recent:
Aussie coders not in open source for the money
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| Despite frequent speculation that corporate financing is dangerous to the
| ethos of the open source software (OSS) community, most Australian open
| source developers don't see payment as a primary influence on their
| contributions, a straw poll of attendees at Linux.conf.au in Melbourne
| suggests.
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| While much research by psychologists suggests that people who are offered a
| reward to do something won't readily do it voluntarily, Peters suggested this
| had to be placed in context. "It depends on whether payment is normal. It's
| very normal to get paid to do software development. It doesn't change your
| internal way of thinking."
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Aussie-coders-not-in-open-source-for-the-money/0,130061733,339285537,00.htm
Open-source ventures: Where's the money?
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| "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."
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1604494476;fp;4194304;fpid;1
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