Hey now, I didn't use the word "damn". I'm a capitalist, we're all capitalists. I like to make a buck just as much as the next guy. There's nothing negative in the word capitalist unless you perceive it.

As well, I'm out of work by choice, thank you very much. I've turned down two job offers and instead decided to take some time off to write my own software and figure out why I'm in this business. That doesn't mean I'm not going to try to get other offers from people reading my blog. Robert Scoble got a job that way -- it doesn't hurt to try.

Thanks for the traffic!

My pleasure.

The Awful Truth About Open Source

I learned very early on that there's no such thing as a free lunch. Now, you can extend that wisdom to software.

Let me see if I get the basic idea behind the controvery:

1) A person devotes time, money and resources into development of Open Source Software
2) Big Company (IBM) uses said Open Source Software to generate money.
3) Other people hold conferences, make speeches, etc, and charge admission
The person mentioned in step 1 gets nothing, save for a little bit of notoriety in the “geek“ community.

That notoriety is the programmer gets is worthless: it doesn't pay the bills and it won't get you girls. (This is why I admire Europeans so much, they focus immediately on what's truly important in life.)

There's something to this. There's a lot of money to be made in the Linux world and the people who bear the brunt of the burden get very little of the gain. That's essentially the same kind of conditions that brought about Marxism and the same kind of thinking that brought down Marxism.

Think about it. The revolutionaries were disillusioned with their lot in life, then they were sold on an anti-establishment vision. They worked hard to put together a new system which only benefitted a few elite party memebers at the top. Eventually, it collapsed under its own weight brought about by mass apathy and disillusionment.

Think "Animal Farm."

Being a capitalist simply means you know which side your bread is buttered. I'm a capitalist and proud of it.

That, boys and girls, is why I don't write for open source projects. Sure, I've been known to help out a non-profit or a buddy starting out, but that's where I draw the line. My time is worth something, even if just to me. ;) I don't want my work to generate some schmuck I dont know millions while all I get is a stuffed penguin doll.

Now, here's a plug for my blog ;)
(http://www.franksworld.com/DotTextWeb/)

CV my good pal, how can you be such the capitalist if you hate George Bush. Don't you know only democrats like Open Source. :)

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