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To: energyplay who wrote (48190)	4/8/2004 6:49:52 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

Thanks EP. I read Cathedral and the Bazaar and it is much as I expected [in regard to Linux and the idea of Gung Ho efforts]. To the extent that open-source gung hoism succeeds is the extent to which people have spare time on their hands to be creative and work for the fun of it. Not many people are in that position. As he pointed out, management of software producers is pretty much a waste of time and money. But in the world of money and cash flow, it remains an essential ingredient in winning the competition for producing good stuff that people want. As people increasingly are freed from the need to make a buck, I expect we'll see a turbo-charge in creativity. The world of dark satanic mills is long gone in many countries. Now work increasingly needs to be satisfying, sociable and fun to retain good people. Microsoft hires the smartest people, so they get the 100:1 advantage mentioned in Raymond's rants. I think the essential ingredient in Raymond's ideas is that people don't like being told what to do. When being paid, we are being told what to do. [Usually]. People who value freedom from social hierarchy and being told what to do like the open source ideas. I suppose that's what's underpinning it. Mqurice