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EwanToo
on Nov 1, 2012
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I'm pretty sure I'd consider Richard Stallman and Linus Torsvald to be "successful", without being business owners.
michaelochurch
on Nov 1, 2012
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Right, and I acknowledged that in mentioning Valve. What you need is the freedom to work on what you want. Those guys are sufficiently well established as to have it. But that's very rare.
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