__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 11:27 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 03:36 \__
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>> One man writes Linux drivers for 352 USB webcams
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | A lone hobbyist programmer sitting at his home in France is
>>>> | responsible for adding 352 USB webcams to the list of those supported
>>>> | by Linux. He tells the INQUIRER about this often unknown and
>>>> | unrecognised achievement.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39291
>>>
>>> For God sake, somebody get this man a coffee and a pizza! :)
>>
>> A Nobel Price. When Linux rules the desktop market... which is where
>> webcams matter of the most.
>>
>
> He doesn't really seem to have received the degree of credit which he
> should have done! Perhaps we need a "Coder of the Week" in Cola?
This man if living proof that motives such as altruism exceed the value of
time and money. PJ seems to have liked a scientific article that finds this
to be a particular function of the brain. It's not just attribution and ego.
It's also a matter of knowing that you helped... at the end of the day at
least...
Have a look at a quote that [H]omer brought to my attention yesterday. It's
about a Microsoft employee who will probably be switching to GNU/Linux,
according to this post.
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| What was able to drain the marrow of life from my body and leave only
| hollowed-out shell of the man who once occupied this space?
|
| Six years ago I began working for Microsoft.
`----
http://makingtheswitch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/when-did-i-become-such-a-tool/
As you know, [H]omer is a serious Fedora volunteer who enjoys this challenge
in his retirement. The above post is not the first such post that I see from
a Microsoft employee (or an ex-Softie). Worth a read... the life on the
Redmond Production Line... or Ballmer's Army.
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