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Dec 6, 2004, 11 :30 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (7132 reads)

(Other stories by Brandon Franklin)

"In the war of words between open source advocates and opponents, a common refrain can often be heard from the opposition: 'Open Source is not sustainable, because you cannot expect people to work for free forever.'

"Though their argument is not always applicable, they do have a point. Expecting an entire industry to grow and flourish based almost entirely upon donated time is a bit Communist in its expectation of altruism..."

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I googled for the talk and listened to i ...   90% proprietary programmers   
Peter Bradley
Dec 6, 2004, 13:09:26
 
While the fact is that for so many years ...   LOST FUD...   
GH
Dec 6, 2004, 15:55:27
 
If an Open Source project is good and st ...   What is this guy talking about?   
blacklight
Dec 6, 2004, 16:09:56
 
 I googled for the talk and listened to  ...   Re: 90% proprietary programmers   
GreyGeek
Dec 6, 2004, 16:19:52
 
> I believe that figure is approximately ...   Re: Re: 90% proprietary programmers   
Peter Bradley
Dec 6, 2004, 16:52:13
 
 "More than 90% of open source developer ...   ref:90% proprietary programmers   
Larry
Dec 6, 2004, 17:34:54
 
Hi.  I'm the author of the article.  ...   The 90% Quote   
Brandon Franklin
Dec 9, 2004, 15:41:28
 
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