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On Tue, 14 May 2024 11:05:14 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 08:30:08 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this copyrighted missive and expects
>>> royalties:
>>> 
>>>> On 14 May 2024 00:11:11 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So, it would be beneficial to open-source developers to make sure
>>>>> that their software breaks easily and crashes, so as to sell the
>>>>> support.
>>> 
>>> Uh, projects with a reputation for breakage will stop being used at
>>> all.
>>> 
>>>> Clearly you have never used the stuff.
>>>>
>>>> No, actually, you are depending crucially on it right now, without
>>>> realizing it. Without Open Source, there would be no Internet.
>>> 
>>> One thing people don't seem to understand is that most programmers,
>>> especially "open-source" programmers, have pride!  They don't want to
>>> be ridiculed for writing garbage. They want to please their uses and
>>> respond quickly to issue reports. Many of them are even OCD about
>>> their code.
>>
>> Only until they realize that they've made no money from it whatsoever.
>> Whether you want to admit it or not, those programmers who were most
>> insistent about supporting open-source eventually move on to greener
>> pastures, and produce quality code in proprietary form.
> 
> That can happen, of course. A guy's got to eat!
> 
> I've gone in the opposite direction. Now that I'm not tied to a job, I
> have plenty more time to indulge my OCD (obsessive coding disorder).

That's actually how most of open-source works. People work on things in 
their spare time, but do something else during the day. Considering the 
quality of Linux's code, especially when running on lower-end hardware, 
this is commendable. It's quite possible that the people behind the code 
take pride in what they release and that they are very active in fixing 
bugs, but I wouldn't expect them to be. After all, they're producing 
something at no charge for people who probably won't even donate. 

That said, I'm getting to a point where I want to not only use the product 
and donate to it. Gnome, in particular, seems to be dying from a lack of 
funding. While I am not comfortable saying that Gnome is better than 
Windows or Mac OS, it definitely deserves to be supported.