Don't forget that as time goes on there is an increasing pool of old,
tired engineers and programmers who have retired and don't want to
spend the rest of their lives playing golf or following the wife
around the shopping mall. :-)
Cheers, Roger.....

Craig Latta wrote:
> 
> > The problem is funding work.  There are issues apparent today with
> > respect to a lack of funding...
> 
>         I don't think it's quite as bad as you make out. Strictly speaking,
> open-source projects don't require direct funding, they require
> programmer time. An job-seeking programmer spends a lot of time, which
> could normally go toward open-source work, on finding a job. Programmers
> with money have more spare time for open-source work, regardless of
> where their money comes from.

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