The Speed Of Light Sucks.

Everybody's Saturated With The Marketing Hype Of Next-generation Consoles. They Are Wonderful, But The Truth Is That They Are As Powerful As A High End Pc Is Right Now.

Sharing The Code Just Seems Like The Right Thing To Do. It Costs Us Rather Little, But It Benefits A Lot Of People In Sometimes Very Significant Ways. There Are Many University Research Projects, Proof Of Concept Publisher Demos, And New Platform Test Beds That Have Leveraged The Code. Free Software That People Value Adds Wealth To The World.

An Interesting Question: Is It Easier To Motivate A Learned Individual That Never Does Anything, Or Educate An Ignorant Individual That Actually Produces Things?

The Situation Is So Much Better For Programmers Today - A Cheap Used Pc, A Linux Cd, And An Internet Account, And You Have All The Tools Necessary To Work Your Way To Any Level Of Programming Skill You Want To Shoot For.

Note To Self: Pasty-skinned Programmers Ought Not Stand In The Mojave Desert For Multiple Hours.