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Open Source is Not a Career Path

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-have-to-want-it dept.

codermarc writes ""If you're getting into open source because you see it as a career path, you're doing something wrong." It's not that Linux creator Linus Torvalds thinks open-source programmers should work for peanuts (he doesn't), but rather that they should be properly motivated. Call it software with a soul, if you like. Only the truly passionate need apply."

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  1. untrue by stryck9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is so untrue... Novell now certifies "Linux Experts"

  2. Passionate software? by Bloodlent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, do you mean the lusty robots?

  3. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I've wasted my life?

    You ask this on Slashdot? I think you already know the answer.