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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?




> 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.