I have been reading a few threads on this forum, and even participated in them. However I thought I must write my views on this subject separately. Also before I start my tirade, I want to make a couple of disclaimers. Come to think of it, I should make a blog post of this. However since my mind was instigated by this subject, on this forum, I only think it is right I should post it here.
Disclaimer 1. I am not the best programmer around here. I am sure there are many people better than me. Disclaimer 2. I am not an expert on the subject of free Vs paid. Having said the above let me make a few observations on this subject. 1) I have seen a few "immature idiots" who think open source is the way to go. Granted, they are good meaning young people, however they need to know where they are headed. 2) Then there are the "intellectual ignoranti" who think Open Source is the panacea for all "humanities Illness". Let us start with Guido Van Rossum. Where does he work? He works for Google. Brad Fitz the original author of OpenID works for Google. Let me tell you that the above, are only a couple of examples. All the Open Source Guru's of today work for some company or another. Even Linus Torvalds. He worked for a company called Transmeta (Which is no more today). If you take the birthplace of all (most of all) startups today, It is San Fransisco, and all your beloved Open Source Guru's are either 1) Working for one of those BIG companies based in SF( includes Google) (and a small minority out of SF) 2) The other Guru's are working in a startup based in SF and a small minority other wise. 3)And the rest of the Open source Guru's are writing software in the hope that they will be bought over by no (1) or no (2). So my question is, what shit are you talking about based in India? Please, Please Enlighten me? -- http://about.me/santosh.rajan “The *young man* knows the rules but the *old man* knows the exceptions”. *Oliver Wendell Holmes* _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
