From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-22 09:30:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!paloalto-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news1.tor.metronet.ca!nnrp1.tor.metronet.ca!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B83DE1A.7770DC9C@home.com> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS (Was: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red References: <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> <3B7F624B.7294D24F@acm.org> <9lr6je$5hj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ltoi7$4is$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B82789B.8D195045@home.com> <9ltuo8$70n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> <9m0d08$51j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:30:18 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.47.195 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:30:18 MDT Organization: MetroNet Communications Group Inc. Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12253 Date: 2001-08-22T16:30:18+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: ... > Any number of arrangements are possible with any number of levels of > "Openness" to the end product. My belief is that so long as people see some > possibility in the future of making a few $$$ from their efforts on an OS, > they will likely invest more time and energy in actually producing that OS. > People might do some "charity" work for a while, but sooner or later they > will take their free time elsewhere if they don't see anything coming of > their efforts on a project. > > Anybody who thinks otherwise is welcome to come to my house and mow my lawn > free of charge if they like. :-) Unless I lived across the street from you, and had to look at your un-mowed lawn, there is no benefit for me to mow your lawn for free. ;-) However the Open Sourced approach means that I can contribute to the general good, and continue to reap its benefits. This is still "free labour", but the difference is that I derive some "benefit" from the process (my contributions will be propagated and/or improved). You of course derive the benefit of my contribution as well. Note however, I am not discouraging "profit" as such, since we all need that to pay our mortgages with. I just think we need to remember that some forms of "free labour" do enjoy _real_ defined advantages. Having free access to GNAT/gcc, Linux/FreeBSD are some that I count as important. Consequently, I personally feel that where possible, I should, as others have done and continue to do, contribute what I can to further these efforts. This helps to keep the "hobby" fun, and everybody benefits. Companies of course, _must_ do differently, since the "hobby" thing does not fly with the shareholders ;-) -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://members.home.net/ve3wwg