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Sadly, can't say I'd have such integrity. I have bills to pay.
by fiokoden 9y ago
Sadly, can't say I'd have such integrity. I have bills to pay.
- abyssin 9y agoWell, you have some choice regarding the amount of bills you have to pay. I'm not saying I'd have such integrity myself, though.
- icebraining 9y agoAnd you think he doesn't? Besides working on VLC, he does consulting on the side to pay for his.
- orwin 9y agoWell, he earn his life well enough, have a really decent and cheap healthcare, and free education for his kids, what need those millions would fill? Honestly, in any european country, winning around 60k per year (as an employee) or 100k (as a business owner), if you are not living in Paris or London, is enough to provide you a carefree life. You don't need to sell yourself for more.
- icebraining 9y agoHe does live in Paris, though.
- Iv 9y agoNobody is perfect.
- jbk 9y ago60k would be enough in Paris, I would say :)
- partisan 9y agoIs it weird when people talk about you as if you aren't there? :) A question for you: How do you stay motivated to work on OSS projects over a long term?
- jbk 9y ago> Is it weird when people talk about you as if you aren't there? :) Very much weird. Mostly people don't realize I am the one they are talking about. It is the same on Reddit... Often I get downvoted on Reddit about VLC, like I don't know what I'm talking about :) > A question for you: How do you stay motivated to work on OSS projects over a long term? You find new ideas and new challenges.
- partisan 9y agoMerci.
- 659087 9y ago> Often I get downvoted on Reddit about VLC, like I don't know what I'm talking about :) I've noticed this on just about every subject discussed on reddit, though it's particularly bad in tech-related subs. Objectively false information ends up being upvoted to the top, while accurate information coming from people who know what they're talking about ends up being buried in downvotes. It's pretty ridiculous. /r/Technology would be more accurately named /r/DunningKrugerGoneWild
- staticautomatic 9y agoHappens here, too. I work on big lawsuits for a living and I get down-voted on the regular when I comment on legal threads.
- dom0 9y ago> Often I get downvoted on Reddit about VLC, like I don't know what I'm talking about :) Hilarious, but somewhat typical for Reddit (and other places with voting systems).
- knowThySelfx 9y agoDemocracy is a voting system too :D
- jbk 9y agoI pay my bills with the startup I created to sustain the VideoLAN community. We have a few other products that will come to life later. Invest in it!
- knowThySelfx 9y agoThank you for a great product. Applauds your principles.
- csomar 9y agoWith millions of Euros (or USD) at stake it is not about paying bills. He might be rich. Or he might be just well-off (not rich) and he figured out that millions of euros are not going to increase his satisfaction. And no, realizing this doesn't make you less greedy. I'll take the money even though I know it'll be a net negative in my life. And I know this very well because I have been through it.
- bigbugbag 9y agoTens of millions of EUR/USD is not enough to qualify as poorest rich which is defined by a 400k net income regardless of having a paying job or not[1]. If you're gonna sell out, at the very least get enough money to hop into the poorest rich category. [1]:http://www.jmooneyham.com/your-true-chances-of-getting-rich-reference.html http://www.jmooneyham.com/your-true-chances-of-getting-rich-...
- SirZimzim 9y agoIt would be likely that anyone prone to selling out would have done so a long time ago when stakes were in the tens of thousands.