The Rewards of Being an Open-Source Developer

Posted on May 9th, 2006 in General, Spring.

Basing your business around open-source is pretty tough sometimes, but it all becomes worth it when you get a private forum message like this:

“You guys are clowns for making me register to be able to browse your archives.
CLOWNS.” –AnnoyedInSF

Of course, this genius couldn’t figure out that in fact you don’t have to register to view messages on the Spring Forums, nor did he leave a working email address to tell him so. So Mr. AnnoyedInSF at IP address 206.169.112.210, thanks for making my day. The sweat and tears have definitely been worth it.

Irony aside, it’s amazing what a sense of entitlement habitual use of open-source engenders in some people. Considering the huge amount of value they are getting for nothing, would it actually be that big a deal if for some reason access to the Spring Framework forums did require a registration?

 

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