The wisdom of open source

preso dalle convulsioni causate dall'ennesimo progetto commerciale molto bello, scherzosamente redirigo i miei conati di vomito cerebrale alla mlist di un famoso tool ultrafico di accesso al dato per un mondo migliore.
La mia disperazione sovviene dal fatto che non ho + tempo utile per fare i sacri commit CVSsiani e contribuire alla memoria collettiva del pianeta (qualcuno lo chiama "campo purico") in positiva maniera.
Shawn risponde al mio grido di dolore illustrandomi la retta via.
Ho immaginato una scena dal sapore orientale, dove l'allievo ed il Maestro siedono assieme nella sala da tè discutendo dei massimi sistemi e dell'influenza karmica negli avvenimenti della vita.
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> [fxt]
> Once upon a time I had the time and the possibility to partecipate to
> some of them [open source projects, ndFxt], but now I must spend
> all of my "code time" (< 24h / day) on bloated commercial projects
> that are crippled because of the usage of more bloated and really_expensive
> software products from "leading IT companies".
>
> Is there any way to collaborate with the personal karma to ripristinate
> the joyous way of open-source coder on smart and quality open source
> projects having also the time to build and maintain a decent social life ?? ;^)

So you want to go back to your previous situation. I think you
misunderstand karma. Karma is just not personal. If some people prefer
using software that you do not like, you can not avoid the suffering it
causes. You will suffer from the market demand and until it changes, you
have to suffer because you need to find work to support yourself in the
market.

However, if you see the wisdom of open source and can use your bad
experience with bloated and and really_expensive software products from
"leading IT companies" and convince someone to use open source in thier
projects, then you won't have to suffer anymore. If there are enough
enlightened people like you in the world, then maybe all our suffering as
a coders will stop. [actually we coders will always suffer because that
is the nature of life -- the point is to not make our suffering worse than
it has to be].

As for a decent social life, well by Italian standards I have no idea what
that would be so can not be of any help. Maybe you could try a google
search or RTFM. I DK.

Shawn


fxt