From: Sam Roberts Date: 2004-06-16T03:56:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Switch to .ruby extension? Wrote Sean O'Dell , on Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:19:21AM +0900: > On Tuesday 15 June 2004 07:22, Sam Roberts wrote: > > Wrote Sean O'Dell , on Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:36:18AM > +0900: > > > > > I also see loads of new projects coming out that aren't funded at all > > > that beat out older *nix projects. Take Sendmail for example. Sendmail > > > *is* commercial and funded. Exim is not. Exim is a terrific replacement > > > for Sendmail; has most if not all (now) of Sendmail's functionality, and > > > is so much easier to learn and master, it's hardly comparable. > > > > Exim was developed by the University of Cambridge, it may not be > > commercial, but it wasn't some guy working in his basement, either. > > Philip Hazel developed Exim AT the University of Cambridge, and the copyright > belongs to the FSF. As far as I know, he developed it pretty much alone. Exactly, he did in on University time, getting paid to do it, not on "evenings and weekends". > > > It's better developers. Linux is growing in popularity, and programmers > > > usually making big bucks in large commercial sectors are devoting more of > > > their free time to open source projects. > > > > Those developers are using Linux in large commercial sectors, and many > > of those developers are contributing paid company hours to working on > > it. > > This is sort of my overall point, that commercial talent is making its way > into open source projects. It appears to me to be the opposite, companies are hiring and giving resources to OS talent (Linus, for example). Philip Hazel isn't "commercial talent". Most OS developers have either worked, like him, for universities or companies. Did you think that the "low-talent" coders of yester-year were making ends meet by working at Starbucks? Sam -- Sam Roberts