Matt Gerrans
Posts: 1153
Nickname: matt
Registered: Feb, 2002
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Re: Thurston Howell III and Open Source Economics
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Posted: Sep 2, 2004 11:57 AM
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Is the open source community yet beyond the barter stage? If I'm working on project X and you on project Y and I want you to do some work on X for me (or "for the project"), what can I offer other than to reciprocate? I supose those who have "cred" can offer that; for example Linus Torvalds probably could exchange his endorsement in lieu of actual work.
I suppose the reason conventional money cannot work in open source is that its supply, like the gold in Gilligan's Island, is unstable. There may be infusions, but it doesn't necessarily stay in the open source realm and it is very unpredictable.
I guess the currency is bits, but I'm not sure what two bits will get you at current exchange rates.
That's just my 16% of a bit.
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