Sorry... I misanswered last time. I was under heavy sleep deprived in the response that you replied to.

What I should have said, and have been knocking myself out to say was instead, something about natural selection or something. I was sleep deprived when I came up with what I should have said--and have forgotten it.

All I can remember of it is the idea of the pride of being the person to write the currently used software. Like wouldn't you want to be maintaining the code that runs the window manager for GNOME? (KDE has its own window manager, apparently). Or rather, one of the choices. I would say that is good resume material... might need to be updated every now and then, but you have to take that first chance you will not make it when there are thirty other software choices.

If you do not develop because the market is satuated, really, you are losing without trying. It is an opportunity. Sure you have to work at it, but you won't make you mark if you don't try.

Therre was more to this argument, but I cannot remember it right now--so it is no help to you, and even less help to me.

-- Jamie Payne

In reply to Re^4: Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI by dakedesu
in thread Death and Return of TIMTOWTDI by dakedesu

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