Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again) To : comp.programming From : Chris Sonnack Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 02:00 pm Rob Thorpe writes: > Most programmers who write free-software seem to be much more > interested in quality than those who write proprietry software. > [...] > > I think a large part of this is that in free/open software the > programmer name is on the product. Whereas in proprietry software > he/she is most often anonymous. There is a matter of scale, also. A lot of the free/open software comes from smaller groups, or even individuals. Those same groups or individuals might react differently if their part of the whole was only a fraction. >> The cost of being a certified professional in a legitimate field >> is very high, and it doesn't meet the basically anti-capitalist >> mentality of those involved. > > It isn't costly to be a certified EE for example. It's costly to get to the point where you can be certified, though. -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| .