In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Bernard Hill writes: >| >| ... none of that tells me why anyone creates software in the first >| place. I do not start projects which are not going to bring money in. I >| see clearly that as an end-user having the source code is beneficial - >| but what's in it for the programmer who created it? > >Fame?
You spell "famine" with an extra i and n ;-) > >Of course, it could be just accidental. Consider my tune >finder. I wrote it originally for very selfish reasons. I'd >noticed that there were a lot of collections of tunes in >abc format appearing on the web. But when I wanted to find >a tune, I had to dig through all of them. And they were all >laid out differently. > [snip] >It has got me a bit of notoriety. But mostly, it has given >me a fairly convenient way of finding tunes any time I'm >near a machine with web access, which is getting to be more >and more of the world as time passes. If it helps other >people too, well, as long as it's a small load on the >machine (and it's a tiny load so far), they're welcome. The >department likes the publicity, my name gets known among a >select crowd (that's you folks). And I can use it whenever >I like from anywhere. > >Does this need any more explaining? Only to reassure me that you have another income, or explain why you are not very hungry... Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
