Open Source and Free Software

I took some programming classes back in the day - Basic, Fortran, COBOL, the available languages at the time - and peripherally associated with some early programmers. I was never quite able to put my finger on how I could never completely connect (I was an English major) with these people, some of whom were my friends, but this explains it somewhat. They aren't put off by the non-human aspect of computing, but a lot of people are, probably without realizing why. Very illuminating.