[ILUG-BOM] Re: article on rediff: linux for visually impaired

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:14:22 +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar &lt;siddhesh.poyarekar(a)gmail.com&gt; said: No, businesses care about the money. Getting credit is only relevant if it gets publicity that gets more money, but that is an indirect benefit. In free software, what is in it for the authors? For a large segment, getting the credit, and the recognition that follows, is _it_. Eben Moglen commented on this to some extent in the recent Theo/BSD/LKML scrap about credits for driver code. So, not very surprising; if all one gets paid in is the coin of recognition, stealing credits gets to be very important. Try stealing money from businesses, they too kinda tend to get all hot and bothered about silly little barter tokens they call money. manoj -- "People don't form relationships, they take hostages." anon मनोज श्रिवास्तव &lt;srivasta(a)acm.org&gt; <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C