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What Motivates Software Developers?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-do-you-code? dept.

TekZen asks: "LWN posted a reference to an ABC News article that claims 'Other than Linux, all the other open-source projects move along at a rate best described as glacial.' The reason? 'This probably is a function of how motivation and lack of fear work among open-source developers.' Are you motivated by fear to develop at work? What motivates you as an Open Source software developer?"

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  1. what major projects move slowly? by spectral · · Score: 2, Informative

    KDE releases with decent frequency. Gaim does too. There's eclipse, which has come quite a long way in a short amount of time. Mozilla/firefox.. yeah, real slow there. PHP, hasn't changed a single bit, nope nope.

    Compare it to other projects in the same vein. Independent ones, there's not many developers, it moves slowly. Major ones, or ones with funding, there's motivation to work on it besides "Hey, I have a few minutes and wouldn't it be cool if...".