Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 18, 2003 11:03 AM
I am a small one man PHP/HTML/SQL/XML etc... programmer shop, also i do magazine page designing DTP and net consultancy mainly for small clients. I for one would not be able to exist without the help of open source as it enables me to build my clients hardware/software solutions that glue to whatever systems they use (Win/MAC). Also i would not be able to build complete websites with all modern concepts like session handling, auth, membership, forums, logs etc... within for small clients budgeds, I live from implementing solutions, not writing software persé like most of us i will write software when i have a scratch to itch and when not yet a scratching machine was invented. Most if not all Open Source was coded to scratch a itch and not because it's owner is a communist but because the owner believes the solution will be part of a collection of tools which others share back. A open source programmer is main a person with a long term vision of getting other tools back for the tools the person shares. The trouble in this world is that some people are willing to poisen the well and if needed themself to see gain on the short term for themselfs at cost of all. These are the people that need to be leashed very short.
Open source is the programming platform of the man in the street metaforicly speaking, at least I hope it will be, probably the mass will be asking for a dictator again.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 18, 2003 11:03 AMI for one would not be able to exist without the help of open source as it enables me to build my clients hardware/software solutions that glue to whatever systems they use (Win/MAC).
Also i would not be able to build complete websites with all modern concepts like session handling, auth, membership, forums, logs etc... within for small clients budgeds, I live from implementing solutions, not writing software persé like most of us i will write software when i have a scratch to itch and when not yet a scratching machine was invented.
Most if not all Open Source was coded to scratch a itch and not because it's owner is a communist but because the owner believes the solution will be part of a collection of tools which others share back.
A open source programmer is main a person with a long term vision of getting other tools back for the tools the person shares.
The trouble in this world is that some people are willing to poisen the well and if needed themself to see gain on the short term for themselfs at cost of all.
These are the people that need to be leashed very short.
Open source is the programming platform of the man in the street metaforicly speaking, at least I hope it will be, probably the mass will be asking for a dictator again.
Yaa.
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