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Making Open Source Pay

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the for-the-suits dept.

cenonce writes "This short, but informative, article over at Tom's Hardware Guide does a nice job of explaining the difference between Closed and Open Source Software and how it can save the suits money (as well as make the tech staff's lives easier)."

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  1. The problem with Open Source by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From my point of view is that I'm a Marxist trying to live in a Capitalist society- and somehow my bank doesn't agree with the idea of me programming without earning money, they'd just as soon throw me, my wife, and my 14-month old out on the street.

    I love the idea of open source, I just can't see any way to make a living doing it.

    --
    SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
    1. Re:The problem with Open Source by agraupe · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Sometimes I just code for fun, to see if something can be done. No one is saying you have to devote every hour of your offtime to OSS, just do it whenever you can. If everyone does just a little bit at a time, everything will become better. Also, don't feel guilty about not contributing if you can't, for whatever reason. I am somewhat of an amateur when it comes to programming, so I can't contribute to a lot of things. But I still use lots of OSS. As Marx said, "From each according to ability to each according to need".