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From: "Duane Hanselman" <masteringmatlab@yahoo.spam.com>
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Subject: Re: why do you contribute to File Exchange?
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:17:01 +0000 (UTC)
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"sylva Wong" <sylva2004@sina.com> wrote in message
<ffpq0c$85h$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I am amazed to see so many valuable matlab codes on this 
> community.Sure I will recommend this website to my 
> classmates. Just curiously ask a question as my post title.
> 
> The self-satisfaction?
> The motivation for self-improvement?
> There seems no any other practical benefit like 
> bonus,rewards,software permission,etc., are paid to the 
> contributor by Mathworks.

For me it is totally and absolutely a self-centered ego
need. I crave the adoration of the world. I have come to
accept that I will never be the dictator of a country that
commands attention of the free world, so I figure this is
the next best thing.







Not.

In reality, I get a lot of grief from my employer and peers
for doing things like write books (10 so far) and contribute
to the FEX. So maybe I have a need to be chastised?

"Mastering MATLAB 7" by the account of one reviewer on
Amazon.com is simply the stealing of material from the
MATLAB documentation.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Yes. I agree with what John D. says in this thread. Give
back to the world without strings attached. You will sleep
better at night.

Duane