Re:Some has the guts to say how it is (Score 1)

I'm a spaz. Anyway, what I was trying to say: Someone just had the guts to say how it is. They will get flamed, this post will be moderated down, I hope not. Although your attitude is that of an annoying, whiny child who can't wait to point out that the empereror has no clothes, you do bring up some challenging and interesting points. but the reality is that people like Bob Young, Larry Augustin and Co. will make HUGE amounts of *PERSONAL* money from yelling "Linux is for Everyone" and letting you fools code for FREE. OSS == Freedom == MONEY FOR THEM AND NOT YOU. Right. This is a very good point, and there will probably be a sizable number of people who are going to be disillusioned by the fact that lots of people who didn't do much are going to be reaping such large rewards from Linux. Some might stop coding open source software. That's going to be too bad, but think about the corrolary to what you're saying: Open your eyes and see the brave new world YOU created. Hmmm...would this be the world where people who don't want to work for free now have access to a job market where they have highly marketable skills because they helped design the OS? A job market THEY created? The vast majority of OSS developers will NEVER make anything like the money that will be made by a very small number of people. Its about the OS, stupid! No, Its about the Applications, stupid! No, ITS ABOUT THE MONEY. And we are all stupid to get caught like this. Gasp! Are you saying that the people who work the hardest don't necessarily earn a fair share of the rewards? My God, clearly an unprecedented injustice like that cannot be allowed to stand! Have you totally discounted the possibility that for some people, it's actually not all about the money? Now all this being said, I actually think the article had its own good points. And to counter the consistent refrain I'm hearing: just because you've heard a criticism before doesn't mean it's invalid.