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On 3 August 2011 10:10,   wrote:

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>> On 3 August 2011 03:59, Alexandre Prokoudine

>>  wrote:

>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:45 AM,  pshirkey wrote:

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>>>> This is the kind of feedback that we can only get when companies make

>>>> the

>>>> effort to use Linux tools as part of a solution.

>>>>

>>>> Chicken vs egg.

>>>

>>> I still believe (what a naive person am I) that it's possible to come

>>> up with reasonable business models around FOSS (fingers crossed for

>>> MuseScore folks), but IMO part of the job is gettings contacts with

>>> companies who do contracts with governments, and generally staying

>>> tuned to what's happening around. That means quitting the dangerous

>>> "I'm just a programmer" attitude. Monotechnics is hardly an excuse.

>>

>> Developers should develop software, end of. A lot of free software is

>> developed on a voluntary basis, because the developer wants to, not

>> because they're paid. You have no right to tell these developers it is

>> their job to go chasing government contracts. Such activities are much

>> better suited to people with big strong forceful opinionated

>> personalities such as yourself.

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>

> And then people like you get to reap the rewards when money is invested

> into  ...  There are lots of angles to cover to

> progress the platform/ecosystem.  There are plenty round here who spend a

> substantial amount of their time working to get contracts so they can

> invest time and money into developing tools further.

People like me? Reaping the rewards? Mate, I work in a fucking factory

for just above the minimum wage. I get home every day and spend a

considerable portion of my free time using my favourite software. Free

software which mainly consists of a text editor, GCC, JACK, and an

Xterm. Sure, I forked it the project, it's not a professional audio

app, and it's a little bit broken at present, but that's what happens

when people like me get hold of free software. YOU CAN'T CONTROL US.
> Govt contracts however are few and far between.

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> Patrick Shirkey

> Boost Hardware Ltd

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