I aggree that money is a poor motivator for most anything, but it is definately a motivator. While I have not worked on any open source projects, I have worked for "the man", and one thing I have found is that it's different everywhere you go. If you have a good management, they will realize that you need that time for development.

My first job I was very underestimated, so I had plenty of time to have fun, write my own little programs, actually I spent most of my time MUDing. The job after that, was with a really small company, and I was the only programmer, and let me tell you, that was hell. But now, I have a job with a medium sized software development firm that appreciates it's employees. They realize that you are going to have downtime, and encourage you to use your creativity.

I'm not saying don't do the open source thing, I've thought about it myself. I'm just saying, don't give up on "the man", sometimes he's got somthing real good in store for you out there.

-thabenksta

my $name = 'Ben Kittrell';
$name=~s/^(.+)\s(.).+$/\L$1$2/g;
my $nick = 'tha' . $name . 'sta';
[download]