[sdiy] Real cause of DIY death

[jbv]

>
> Personally, synth-DIY for me was fuel by *amazement*. What does a 15yr old boy
> find 'amazing' today?

According to my contacts with  a few young trainees I've met
in different companies I worked for during the past few years,
I have the feeling that the "amazement" or "excitement" has
shifted from hardware to software : the Linux / Open source
movement is a great opportunity for those youngsters who
feel like designing something of their own...
Furthermore, I think there's a big difference with old DIY
electronics : in the open source movement, there's the
additional excitement of contributing to something bigger, and
possibly having some of your code used / modified /improved
by others, while old DIY electronics were a more "lonely
pleasure"...

JB