Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 03, 2003 01:12 AM
"If software is free, how will programmers earn a living? "
'They will not earn a living, it's as simple as that.'
And so the programmers will be earning a living some other way and writing this code because they want to - for fun, love, etc.
And so, according to you, the only software that will get written is software an individual wants to write? Someone will pay someone else to write software for them if they can't do it for themselves, or don't have the time.
I often pay a plumber good money to do some work for me that I could do myself but don't have the time or the inclination to do when it needs to be done. Why is this so hard to grasp by so many?
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Re:Developers will not make a living.
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 03, 2003 01:12 AM'They will not earn a living, it's as simple as that.'
And so the programmers will be earning a living some other way and writing this code because they want to - for fun, love, etc.
And so, according to you, the only software that will get written is software an individual wants to write? Someone will pay someone else to write software for them if they can't do it for themselves, or don't have the time.
I often pay a plumber good money to do some work for me that I could do myself but don't have the time or the inclination to do when it needs to be done. Why is this so hard to grasp by so many?
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