Most developers working on open source software see no problem and love working in open source project. This is because most open source developers work for a l

Most developers working on open source software see no problem and love working in open source project. This is because most open source developers work for a large company, such as IBM or Sun. These companies of course use open source software to sell services which pays so much better than selling shrink wrapped software. Must better to push 30 junior consultants through the poor customers door for 2 years than simply selling software. Look at the Linux commit log, 80-90% of new code comes from corporate open source drones. However, every independent developer that has been working on a fairly successful open source project for a couple of years will become bitter at times and to some degree. Even Richard Hipp, the creator of SQLite hints about this in the google video where he discuss SQLite. The reason is simple, after the first fun of working on a new project, there is very little incitement to continue. a) There is no money to be had, donation does not work in the sense of putting salt on your table. b) Selling services does not work, because most users don't need support or if they do, support will already be provided be lots of "open source" consulting companies selling services for your product. c) Most user feedback is rude and usually complaints about missing feature or bugs and d) you are usually alone. Its a myth that most open source project are run by a merry band of altruistic developers. Usually they are run by 1-2 developers for the love of the craft - at first. No wonder these independent developers become bitter if they continue for some reason. And the worst part, if he should dare complain a bit, he only get smug stupid remarks from idiots like yourself who have never contributed a line of code in your whole life.