Comments on: Finding those elusive open-source billionaires

I don't think open source is inimical to making money - quite the opposite. But it may be that it's less of a ego boost for an open-source developer?

[rrubr]

That's elusive

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[rrubr]

That's ELUSIVE (sorry to shout, but underline tag causes feedback to reject.

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[The_Decider]

Those are very good points. As someone that enjoys coding and hacking more than making money I am in total agreement. As someone who thinks that a job merely pays for life and is not life itself, I agree even more than totally if that is possible. There is a reason I am not a professional developer, one is that it is my passion but I don't want to do it on someones schedule, I do it for the love of coding or creating something. I think you will find more people like me than you might expect, which is one reason OSS has flourished( the main reason is that it is more beneficial to business). Secondly, I think pushing security and breaking code is a much better use of the time I have to give up in the name of money.