Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Thu Aug 22 11:38:09 CDT 2013
Amen! TNF Tina Norris Fields tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com 231-322-2787 On 8/22/2013 6:17 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > Jim, > > I can think of four reasons: > > 1. it is so difficult to find the funding for any given project; > 2. if one has the passion for programming, then funding and subsequent > corporatization of the concept is way too much pain in the ass; > 3. Jjust because I had the idea doesn't mean that I have the best > implementation; > 4. It's social networking on an intelligent plane, as opposed to the nude > sex-vids so popular among those with no other claim to fame. > > My partner Peter Brawley and I are both working on separate apps, which we > will both place in the OSS community as soon as they are ready for public > consumption. > > This could be because we are both now senior citizens and thus receiving > pensions, and therefore have enough to subsist, and consequently, money is > no longer a goal. Which is not to say that I am averse to money, but merely > that it is no longer a significant motive. At the moment I'm doing some > part-time mentoring for a client in San Francisco, and I bill him for about > 1 hour in 8, because a large part of the task involves research, so that > part is on my dime not his. I'm doing it because it's intellectually > interesting. The occasional check is nice, and I invest it in toys such as > my spanky new laptop, but it is certainly not the goal. As the > aforementioned Peter is fond of saying, "The best defense against > Alzheimer's is to Keep Thinking." The virtue of being old enough to collect > a pension is the freedom to choose which projects are worth your time. In > days of yore, we used to have an acronym in our company: YAFOES (yet > another f**king Order Entry System). Been there, done that. Now I'm on to > more significant problems, almost none of which pay money. And guess what? > I don't care. I can't afford fancy vacations in sunny climes but that too > is OK. > > Arthur > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> One of these strange questions... It sure can not be the money? So why is >> there any Open Source projects at all...no money no work may seem logical >> to many but according to the following article this is not the case. Humans >> are strange animals to say the least and programmers are probably the >> strangest humans. ;-) >> >> >> http://readwrite.com/2013/08/14/mobile-developers-its-not-about-the-money#awesm=~of1TClo7jXYlzl >> >> Jim >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > >