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El Reg: What about motivations?
Olsson: Yes, that's right. Why do FOSS at all? What's the incentive to write something and make it open source? Why not spend your time and effort on starting a company and trying to get rich? As most contributors report, working in FOSS can often lead to a terrible life/work balace.
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/youngsters_in_foss/
Getting rich isn't a good motivation to program, either, because the industry chews you up & spits you out. May as well fuck around for free.
El Reg: What about motivations?
Olsson: Yes, that's right. Why do FOSS at all? What's the incentive to write something and make it open source? Why not spend your time and effort on starting a company and trying to get rich? As most contributors report, working in FOSS can often lead to a terrible life/work balace.
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/youngsters_in_foss/
Getting rich isn't a good motivation to program, either, because the industry chews you up & spits you out. May as well fuck around for free.