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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-19 12:17:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Future with Ada Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:16:22 -0800 (PST) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1008793022 32327 137.194.161.2 (19 Dec 2001 20:17:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 20:17:02 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18117 Date: 2001-12-19T12:16:22-08:00 --- tmoran@acm.org wrote: > > 2) Although many professionals enjoy their work, > they still expect to be > > paid. > Isn't being paid the difference between > "professional" and "amateur"? > The "starving artist" genius programmer is certainly > a romantic notion, > but even starving artists have to waste valuable > time working as waiters > or something to pay the rent. Of course one could > make an argument that > programs, like paintings or music, are what the > economists call "public > goods" which will only be supplied adequately if the > government (through > DoD funding of universities perhaps?) pays for it... Just as an aside, there is nothing wrong with asking for volunteers to work on a project. If a programmer is willing to donate his time to a project all the better for everyone. Of course, expecting him to work on it full time or donate a fixed amount per week is improper. In actuality I am a professional programmer (I program for a living) and regularly donate my time to open source projects. I enjoy it and I get to give something back to the open source community that has given me so much. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com