Re: Reasons to Squid development

On Tue, Oct 03, 2000, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> Joe Cooper wrote:
>
> > Obviously there are lots of reasons for folks to continue to work on
> > Open Source projects...otherwise, where would all the great software
> > come from?
>
> Sure there are quite many reaons. Personally I have made use of at least
> five.. (thought it was less, but the list grew a bit I write it down...)
>
> a) Need for a interesting hobby project when the real work was not
> demaning enought
> b) Earning money on it from people needing it to perform better
> c) Earning monty on the things around it
> d) That it is open source
> e) The fame and glory

f) Using it to prove ideas and concepts stuck somewhere in my head

> Unfortunately my focus for the moment is mostly "c" and not leaving much
> space for the other, but the focus will move back to b as soon as some
> other things are completed...

Personally, its been a) for me for quite a while, except I'm actually
doing f) as well now.

Adrian

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