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Linux evolved in a completely different way. From nearly the beginning, it was rather casually hacked on by huge numbers of volunteers coordinating only through the Internet.

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: Beginning Casually Different Different Way Evolved Huge Internet Linux Nearly Numbers Only Rather Through Volunteers Way

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As a Facebook user, do I have control of the data Facebook keeps about me? Concretely: can I examine and modify that data using tools of my choosing which are built for my needs?

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: About Built Choosing Control Data Examine Facebook Keeps Me Modify Needs Tools User Using Which

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Does Facebook act as though I own my online life, or as though it does? Concretely: Can I control what data it shares with other users, with advertisers, and with business partners?

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: Act Advertiser Business Control Data Does Facebook Life Online Other Own Partners Shares Though Users

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Does Facebook behave like a tool in my hand, or a firehose designed to spew at me in accordance with other peoples' agendas? Concretely: can I write my own client to present a filtered view of the Facebook stream, or have other people do that for me?

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: Accordance Agendas Behave Client Designed Does Facebook Filtered Hand Like Me My Own Other Own People Present Stream Tool View Write I Write

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Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: Any Becomes Best Field Gets Higher Just Keep Level Money More Motivated Passion People Score Skill True Way

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When are programmers happy? They're happy when they're not underutilized - when they're not bored - and also when they're not overburdened with inappropriate specifications or meaningless bureaucracies. In other words, programmers are happiest when they're working efficiently. This is a general preference in creative work.

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: Also Bored Creative Creative Work Efficiently General Happiest Happy In Other Words Inappropriate Meaningless Other Preference Programmers Words Work Working

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People are happiest when they're the most productive. People enjoy tasks, especially creative tasks, when the tasks are in the optimal-challenge zone: not too hard and not too easy. To some extent, that has always been true. But it becomes even more true as work becomes more about brains and creativity.

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: About Always Becomes Been Brains Creative Creativity Easy Enjoy Even Extent Happiest Hard More Most People Productive Some Tasks Too True Work Zone

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People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture.

~Eric S. Raymond

Topics: Attention Between Cultural Culture Distinction Dominance Drawing Gain Interactions Kinds Make Open Open Source Others Over People Societies Source Status Study Two Who You Yourself

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 4th, 1957

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