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JBoss Founder Hard-Nosed About Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hand-that-feeds dept.

Infonaut writes "In this Business Week interview, JBoss founder Marc Fleury refers to "hobbyist" Open Source contributors and makes the case that "no one is going to work for free." Fleury dismisses people who contribute for something other than money as "Hari Krishnas" and makes reference to the "hippie dream". Fleury's sharp, profit-focused approach has brought him success, but isn't it in some sense built on the shoulders of the hippies and hobbyists he seems to scorn?"

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  1. Rattling The Tiger Cage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man that is fun.

    Some nitpicks:

    1) I prefer 'dirty' in front of the word 'hippie'

    2) I can't believe he didn't work 'bearded GNU freak' into to the interview

    I have to admire someone else who goes straight to the big ammo, high impact terminology. A kindred spirit.

  2. Re:Only one draw-back to open-source. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Had you used Konqueror to make this post, you would have had the benefit of a spell-check in the comment form.

    Surely this feature must have been "immotated" from IE... oh wait!

  3. Re:If... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're only saying that because you're clearly a dirty hippie or a bearded GNU freak...

  4. Re:Its true what he says by Fear+the+Clam · · Score: 4, Funny

    "chillax?"

    Maybe you need to stop smoking the bowl.

  5. At least he is being quotedas himself this time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    At least he is being quoted as himself this time, rather than yet another JBoss astroturfing...

    (yeah, cheap shot, but not as cheap as the barrage of JBoss "enthusiast" posters back in the day...)