[Fsf-india] Four more questions...
Ranjit Babu
d0153019@ncb.ernet.in
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:37:22 +0530 (IST)
On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Gopal.V wrote:
> I wonder who wrote all these programs these 'people' use.......
We can very well invert that question to - "I wonder who uses
the programs these developers wrote?". I believe it's not
confined to the developer clan alone..!
> It's actually the "people" who are in the win-win situation -- what
> does the "developer" get ?. (other than more bugs to fix).
The developer gets a community that insists on free software, and
will use it for a reason other than lower cost. The developer will
also get money for his work and a market for his product.
( Market - as in 'free' market!).
> I read this as :
> " Eventhough Sasikumar was not a coder, he was able to use GNU/Linux. "
> So did the "tailors" do a good job for the "people" or what ?.
They did. I'm saying we need more Sasikumars :)
+ Ranjit