/me pops in some Master of Orion 2

Hell, yeah! Anyone willing to lug their Bigtower+CRT over? I got heaps of thin ethernet (you know? the one with the BNC connectors and Terminators) ready to party.

We certainly like to think that we like thinking; Whether we actually do is a matter of debate.

Ouch, LFS of all things… That’s harsh.

Prisoners? No. Influenced to varying degrees by everything we have experienced, including, obviously, our upbringing? Certainly.

On the commercial side, it’s the curse of the pareto principle and the “good enough” approach that is the rational consequence of money-maximizing strategies.

For volunteer/free software/etc. it’s both people being used to working in commercial settings on the one hand, and being ok with scratching one’s own itches first and foremost on the other.