FPL steps down: what's the real story?

[Suvayu Ali]

On Saturday 03 April 2010 10:08 AM, Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 09:52 -0700, suvayu ali wrote:
>> On 3 April 2010 09:01, Craig White<craigwhite at azapple.com>  wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 02:03 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Though Red Hat is doing fine now, I believe it would be better off
>>>> questioning its development model before problems arise. By then, it's
>>>> usually too late to fix them. That's not how business work.
>>> ----
>>> There is no point to a having a discussion with someone that doesn't
>>> understand what they are talking about.
>>>
>>
>> I believe its not a discussion if one or more parties have already
>> made up their mind. ;)
>>
>> FWIW, AFAIK the kernel project and all of GNU also work through contributors. ;)
> ----
> GNU obviously is volunteer but I think that it's commonly reported now
> that the majority of code being written for the Linux kernel is by
> corporate paid people.
>
> http://www.osnews.com/story/22786/75_of_Linux_Code_Written_by_Paid_Developers
>
> Is this the 'kernel project' you are speaking about?
>

Yes I was, but I guess when it started out it was primarily volunteers 
contributing?

> Craig
>
>


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Suvayu

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