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When someone fronts their own PRIVATE struggles(by attempting to rationalize the way that they earn a living) as PUBLIC philosophy regarding open-source then co

• shadowfox 17y ago
  You are quite in to ad hominem, aren't you?
• tbrownaw 17y ago
  On the off chance that you're serious and not just intentionally trolling... I think you forget that he is employed by Novell, rather than Microsoft. This article is consistent with statements I've seen in the past, and past actions. It doesn't look like a philosophy made up after the fact to rationalize actions, it looks like an existing philosophy that drove those actions. Do you have any actual, um, evidence that this is a rationalization rather than an explanation of a long-standing viewpoint? Note that the quote comes from Steve Jobs, was he also trying to rationalize how he made a living? I feel about the same way as is expressed in the article despite it having no financial impact on me and not being relevant to any projects I have (ie, there's nothing for me to rationalize about).