Re:What's the return on investment for supporting open source?
by DanieleProcida on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @09:40AM
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It's hard to be enthusiastic if you don't have a job that pays you enough and gives you enough free time in which to be enthusiastic. Enthusiasm is a luxury!
Even if people start out being enthusiastic when building open-source projects, they quickly lose the enthusiasm if when they are faced with an on-going choice between working for nothing and earning a living.
Most successful open-source software contributors have decently-paid jobs. The people who don't get paid enough are too busy struggling to earn a living to work for nothing on top of that.
Even if people start out being enthusiastic when building open-source projects, they quickly lose the enthusiasm if when they are faced with an on-going choice between working for nothing and earning a living.
Most successful open-source software contributors have decently-paid jobs. The people who don't get paid enough are too busy struggling to earn a living to work for nothing on top of that.