From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2004-06-16T04:14:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Switch to .ruby extension?

On Tuesday 15 June 2004 11:56, Sam Roberts wrote:
> Wrote Sean O'Dell <sean@celsoft.com>, on Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:19:21AM 
+0900:
> > On Tuesday 15 June 2004 07:22, Sam Roberts wrote:
> > > Wrote Sean O'Dell <sean@celsoft.com>, 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?

I don't see how any of this counters my point that Linux software is getting 
better because better programmers are contributing more often to open source 
projects.

	Sean O'Dell