It matters when a first job is used to support other work since that first job may or eventually may not make it possible to support additional work.
-- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 3 Apr 2023, Marda wrote: > Agreed. I do a part time job and get paid for it. I also do volunteer > stuff. So I accept that some games might be ree and some will be paid. > People pay for card games, board games, etc. so why should we expect all > computer or phone games to be free? > > Marda > > On 4/3/2023 10:17 AM, Charles Rivard wrote: > > Why does it matter what they do in the way of work? I would consider it > > like having a second job that may or may not provide a large monetary gain. > > If they create or modify games as a sideline, why should they not ge paid? > > > > > > > > > > If you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished!! > > -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell > > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2023 3:48 AM > > To: blind-gamers@groups.io > > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Games expensive lately? > > > > The full-time developers need to be paid but the ones that make their > > money doing other work and do part-time development are another story. > > That's how linux got where it is today. The payment the linux developers > > got and get is they often learn more about programming doing their linux > > development than they manage to do in the careers where they make their > > money. A loss for employers but our gain. > > Aside from that, the linux developers get to work on the best supported > > operating systems on the planet. Microsoft can't match that level of > > support. > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that > > order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#126139): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/126139 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/98016854/21656 Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
