August PLUG topic: Kylix

[David P. Schwartz]

So, you're being paid for your programming time...

Wayne Conrad wrote:

> On Wed, 25 July 2001, "David P. Schwartz" wrote:
> > With all that free (as in speech) code (and coding time) these folks give away, how DO they pay for rent and groceries, anyway?
>
> The same way most developers always have...  by providing a service to our employer.  Not that many developers work on shrink-wrap software  Most developers work on internal systems which aren't for resale.  And they will need me whether they make me write it from scratch or let me adapt open source tools to the job (this stuff just doesn't assemble itself, luckily for me).
>
>   Wayne Conrad