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But lets not forget the community, fun, hacker ethic component as well. The latter, more than the former, drives some of these movements.
Absolutely. I'd say the *majority* of the open source developments are driven this way. I'm working with multi-user environments because I enjoy the interaction they generate; I am writing my own because I enjoy the challenge; I am using Squeak because it is an infinitely malleable tool for the job [and I'll have to hack some of it into little tiny pieces to make it malleable enough].
On a not-totally-unrelated note, I think a large number of the open source developers would otherwise be artisans or craftspeople --- designers and builders. I craft programs, my father crafted computer hardware, my ancestors crafted furniture, pianos, maintained steam engines for ships and mill equipment... I don't see that there's necessarily any difference between a well-crafted piece of glassware or furniture and a well-crafted piece of software.
- Peter
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