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On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:17:16 +0000, RonB wrote:

> On 2024-05-14, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I call BS on that claim. Clément Lefèbvre (for one) has been putting out
> Linux Mint for over 18 years now. It keeps getting better and Clément
> shows no sign of "moving on."

You can get a great idea of how much money the man makes from releasing 
Linux Mint. He gets paid for his work. It's all in donation form, but he 
makes a comfortable income providing us with a simple Linux distribution. 
If nobody gave him any money, I doubt that he would still be around.