> The reality is that the best programmers, like the best artists and
> athletes, are going to practice their art regardless of what they get
> paid. Of course they want to be paid fortunes but it doesn't really
> make them more productive.
>

That, and they might not want to follow the software design the
corporations they work for have set for them to create.  Creativity has
been know to kill some people's careers in proprietary software, even if
they end up using your design and fire you for not following the original.

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+ David "Huertanix" Huerta
+ DeVry Linux User Group
+ http://www.devrylinux.org