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Boredom Drives Open-Source Developers?
Henry McClyde writes "Chris Anderson of The Long Tail posted an article yesterday in which he claims that "spare cycles" — or boredom and the tons of people who wish they had something better to do — is what drives Web 2.0.... and the open source development community. While Web 2.0 in general is driven by "the long tail," NeoSmart seems to have taken up issue with Anderson's claims that open source developers (and other freeware programmers in general) do what they do because they're bored and have nothing better to spend their time on. Same with Wikipedia contributors, and bloggers in general."
I do it because I want to see a Socialist world. By developing collaborately and productively for free, and by showing the world that that way of organizing the labor is wastly superior to the current Capitalist order, I believe the world will move closer to Socialism. So in a way, you are all part of this great Socialist scheme started by RMS whether you know it or not. :) I'm in the minority, but only similar to how most Capitalists didn't understand how their actions would bring about the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. Free Software is the best verification of Marx' Historical Materialism there has ever been.
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I love your sweet stereotype about sports fans. I guess because I love sports I won't do anything with my life. Have fun living in your mom's basement all your life and being stuck in an eternal state of social awkwardness. How's it feel?