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"If you want to program as a hobby, do something that is useful but not enough to be saleable. Who knows, you might even end up having something you can sell. Then you'll be in commercial software, dreading an open source project that takes away your livelihood."

Very few people accomplish goals that they do not actively pursue. How in the world can you try to code something that is crappy enough to be worthless, but end up with a product that is for sale? Even if your product is OSS, what keeps you from selling it?

The advice you give is great if you want to learn to code in a sloppy fassion and be a slave to a company all of your life. If you want something better, ignor Anton's advice, code the last great killer app, license it any way YOU wish, and sell it to anyone who wants it.

Anton can work for the man as long as he likes.
Posted by: Mack DaNife   Posted on: 02/22/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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NO WONDER  Roger Ramjet | 02/22/05
Even a jackass needs a break  Squawkbox | 02/22/05
Talented Jackasses can refuse and resist long hours all they want.  GreatInca | 02/22/05
Talented Jackasses can refuse and resist long hours all they want.  GreatInca | 02/22/05
Why must examples be made of anyone?  Squawkbox | 02/22/05
Hear, Hear  Kerensky97 | 02/22/05
Been saying this for  Linux User 147560 | 02/22/05
I was a lease lizard once and what you say is so true  Squawkbox | 02/22/05
Emergencies, not constant state of emergency.  maxo_z | 02/22/05
Working 10-12 hour days means overstaffing???  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
Day: do jobs; Night: kill jobs.  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
Who is threatened?  Linux User 147560 | 02/22/05
Be good to have specific numbers.  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
whatever  JasonL31 | 02/22/05
How does this make any sense??  Mack DaNife | 02/22/05
Products for sale.  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
I do not agree at all  Mack DaNife | 02/23/05
Consistency  Anton Philidor | 02/23/05
Re: Consistancy  Mack DaNife | 02/23/05
Grr. Understaffing- not overstaffing  maxo_z | 02/22/05
Day: do jobs; Night: Kill jobs [Article comment]  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
If I want to program I'll write what I want  voska | 02/22/05
Hope you write something you can sell...  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
But that would make it work and not fun  voska | 02/23/05
I Turned Down A Lot Of Jobs Like That....  itanalyst | 02/22/05
Me too, life's too short.  Kerensky97 | 02/22/05
Un the freedom of Open Source Software is much competition  GreatInca | 02/22/05
Donation or specific $ amount or salary  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
Again...  Linux User 147560 | 02/22/05
Remember why the dot com companies tanked?  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
But of course even RMS approves of the selling of software  Michael Kelly | 02/22/05
Notice the loophole?  Anton Philidor | 02/22/05
The Unix folks  Linux User 147560 | 02/22/05
The Unix folks...  Anton Philidor | 02/23/05
That's not what caused the crash  voska | 02/23/05
nope, developers not working 60+ hours  JasonL31 | 02/22/05

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