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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: For The Gamers
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 11:36:16 -0500
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Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> Le 12-01-2025, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> a écrit :
>> On 1/12/2025 8:05 AM, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>> Le 12-01-2025, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> I went into physics because I thought I would become bored with programming.
>>> 
>>> I can understand one can become bored with programming in some company
>>> doing always the same stuff. But in a general way, I don't understand
>>> how one can get bored with programming. And that's one thing DFS will
>>> never be able to contest about the superiority of FOSS over proprietary
>>> software. 
>>
>> What superiority are you referring to?
>
> That's what I explained just after.
>
>>> With proprietary software, to get chalenges in programming,
>>> you have to get hired by the company to work on it first. With FOSS,
>>> there are so many lines of codes in so many programming languages
>>> waiting for you to improve them that you can have fun as long as you
>>> want.
>>
>> That's why it's called hobbyware.
>
> There is no incompatibility between having fun and contributing to great
> things. You can choose what you want with FOSS, you have to be hired to
> do the same thing in a company.

And there are many FOSS projects that are not hobbyware, and that are
professionally run:

    -   Linux kernel
    -   Linux distros Red Hat / Fedory, Debian / Ubuntu, Arch....
    -   LibreOffice
    -   Systemd
    -   Ansible
    -   Git
    -   GNU C/C++ and the whole suite of tools
    -   Clang
    -   Python
    -   . . .

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