Dec
08

Why Open Source?

This past week, several people related to the WordPress project have been discussing their motivations for working with free and open source software.  There have people explaining the new business leads they get from being prominently listed as open source developers.  There have been others lamenting the fact that free development is, by nature, free.  But no one has really captured my personal reasons for working with open source systems.

I do it because it feels right. [Read more...]

Nov
06

Motivation

Businesses are motivated by profit.  You push your employees to work hard in order to maximize your owners’(either your or your shareholders’) profit-making ability.  This leads to incentives for sales teams, team-building promotional activities, quarterly performance reviews, and a highly competitive workspace. [Read more...]