Stop everything and read this section of a very early DaveNet piece, written long before anyone had heard of open source. This has been bothering me ever since I got started in the software business. A huge disconnect. I don't want to work for a company. I like making software.
Most programmers give away source code.
Even Microsoft programmers participate. Anyway, let's keep discussing. Every time an idea goes over the wall, in either direction, the wall becomes less of a barrier. Eric picks up the thread, and I respond .