> On 3 August 2011 03:59, Alexandre Prokoudine > <alexandre.prokoudine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:45 AM, pshirkey wrote: >> >>> This is the kind of feedback that we can only get when companies make >>> the >>> effort to use Linux tools as part of a solution. >>> >>> Chicken vs egg. >> >> I still believe (what a naive person am I) that it's possible to come >> up with reasonable business models around FOSS (fingers crossed for >> MuseScore folks), but IMO part of the job is gettings contacts with >> companies who do contracts with governments, and generally staying >> tuned to what's happening around. That means quitting the dangerous >> "I'm just a programmer" attitude. Monotechnics is hardly an excuse. > > Developers should develop software, end of. A lot of free software is > developed on a voluntary basis, because the developer wants to, not > because they're paid. You have no right to tell these developers it is > their job to go chasing government contracts. Such activities are much > better suited to people with big strong forceful opinionated > personalities such as yourself. And then people like you get to reap the rewards when money is invested into <you favorite software> ... There are lots of angles to cover to progress the platform/ecosystem. There are plenty round here who spend a substantial amount of their time working to get contracts so they can invest time and money into developing tools further. Govt contracts however are few and far between. -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
