On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 03:06 +0100, Cesare Marilungo wrote: > If you're right, for similar reasons, maybe also coding software and > releasing it as open source should be a middle-class luxury. Is this the > case? I don't think so. there are not a lot of people who fit a description of the socio- economic group normally called "working class" that are releasing open source software. programmers by definition are generally middle class even when working as interns for large companies. and for some of us (/me waves), it is undoubtedly a reflection of utter middle-class luxury.
