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What was the last great epiphany you had?
Submitted by Ross.

I used to be something of an open source software evagelist - I learned all about Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP back when they were the hot new things to learn. I was a well known developer on the internet - my blog used to get over 1000 hits a day purely because of the stuff I wrote and gave away to the community.

Then (not long ago, actually) I realised that while I wasn't wasting my time learning open source platforms and technologies, the rest of the world was going to buy Microsoft software wether I liked it or not.

It brought to mind an analogy that I heard some time ago - "it's better to be on the train, pissing off, than on the platform, trying to piss in".

I realised it was easier to learn what people want to use rather than try to educate them to use what you think they should be using. A little part of me died when I made the transition, but I don't regret it at all. It will keep my family clothed, and food on our table.