JBoss Founder Hard-Nosed About Open Source

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?"

Comments

Re:Just let him say what he wants.

[ThreeE]

Yeah -- we'll have lots of innovative Linux copies of commercial products.

Re:Again?

[sonamchauhan]

True, but the success:failure ratio is much higher. Which is as it should be - money and livelihoods depend on the success of commercial projects, while a lot of open source projects are hobbyists or people learning.

Yeah. JBoss Jeans

[Greyfox]

No one likes them though. They make an ass look bigger than it really is, and there are better products available for free.