On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:19 PM, John Van Ostrand <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@netdirect.ca">john@netdirect.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">----- Original Message -----<br>
> --- On Mon, 7/26/10, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account)<br>
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> > But what kind of developer wants to do that? The developer<br>
> > wants to code.<br>
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> And lets not forget that many FLOSS software was created to scratch an<br>
> itch. That is reward enough.<br>
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> If I sell cars and I create a software to process transactions. I can<br>
> either go into the software business or release it FLOSS for others to<br>
> use and improve.<br>
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> If no-one takes it, then that's still OK, I can keep selling cars.<br>
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> If other people take it, then I may benefit from that.<br>
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</div>Then there is the exact opposite story. A KWLUGer's who speculatively built a solution and after finding too few customers he decided to get into the business.<br></blockquote></div><br>This is a new one to me. Can you elaborate?<br>
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