On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Madovsky <infos@madovsky.org> wrote:
I read well don't worry, I say that because companies start to instrumentalize open source. so after years some developers (for google summer source code for ex) realise that they spent all their lifetime for a big company for free... that is why I called Open Fools....
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I speak for myself (as an individual) here : I disagree with your characterization. Open source is engineers collaborating informally on a shared piece of basic infrastructure code so as to amortize engineering cost, testing cost and beta testing. As an open source developer, you give away something to get a lot in return so you can build on the sum total of collaborative effort. Open source is also an excellent way for students to establish a track record. Yes it is free labor but try getting a job these days as a fresh graduate with no experience and you will see what I am talking about. Ranga -- M. Ranganathan