[Linux] do members of flux ever get together and form spin-offs?

[Terry Richards]

i had already wrote this and was just about to hit send:
Steven Benmosh wrote:

> Forming a business with linux people is like herding cats. Getting 
> ready for the roasting to come.


i was gonna hold my tongue but what the hey, this is Sunday. i have 
three kitty cats whom i have trained to use the porcelain. i even taught 
one of them to flush. not that the other two are any less domesticated 
but can you imagine how much water i would go through if i had? oh and 
forget about explaining to them what "water restrictions" are all about 
. . .gettin' hot enuff 4 ya?


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Steven Benmosh wrote:

> I have suggested a number of projects to a number of groups. The 
> responses I got ranged from 'why would you want to do that', to 'the 
> right way is to start a project, code a prototype and have people join 
> the team' to 'why not do it in perl?' ...


the best i have seen is when you put up what you have already done, 
maybe someone will point out a typo.  for all the "why don't you do it 
this way" and that way, i say "show me".  seems ya gotta do a little 
drumming at times to gather interest. i worked up a project to check in 
on ppl who were homebound and in the end i decided i wouldn't want a 
list of ppl who were vulnerable along with the names and addresses of 
neighbors who look out for them to be on the internet. gave me the creeps.

>
> The point is, Linux/OSS people have a tendency to march to their own 
> drummer, and with tunnel vision, are hampering the possibility of 
> creating software that is outside their own personal interest ("I am a 
> perl monger, and I want to take all the bugs from this web page auto 
> update script!"). At least this is my opinion/experience. And in the 
> meantime, the proprietary model people are getting the money and the 
> goods.
>
i feel for ya bro. one of my early ideas was to computerize my 
refrigerator/daily-menu. so i could pick out a menu week by week and 
auto order staples when the shelves got low. i guess some other ppl had 
the same idea cause it's been done now. 

i imagine making it big in computers is just like any other field, stars 
don't become stars overnight.

:-) ^2