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It Depends
I guess it depends on the business you are in. I for one have
been a hobbyist programmer since the age of 12 (I'm 39, now),
and most of the stuf I have written has been for my benefit
alone. These benefits have been to automate jobs that I do or
to make it easier for me to get these same jobs done a lot more
quickly. Most of the software I wrote pulled data from one
place, reformatted it and delivered it into another place.

I know of manyothers who have done the same thing. Software
like this is usually simple as a two line batch, shell, or
vbscript file. It can also be as complex as a thousand line C
or Java GUI program. I have put together both simple and
complex programs for home and work. Most of these programs
would likely be useless to anyone but me.

I have just recently written a major project for the community.
This project is called SpammerSkewer. I have worked on the
project off and on for several months. For all of my hard
work, only a couple of people are using it or even seem
interested. I can definitly emphasis with the author. I also
understand your point of view as well. As far as the number of
different programs out their being written for local use and
consumption, I agree with the author's statistics. As far as
the COMMON USAGE by every day people, I would have to DISAGREE
with the author's statistics. Most people that I know use
mainly commercial software or commonly downloaded software that
was written specifically for widespread consumption.
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