On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 05:04 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:58 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Would we have Linux kernels if there wasn't a company willing to pay > > Linux kernel developers to do that job without demanding that revenue > > be realized from their work. > > Would we have them if those who did so didn't get something back in > return for their efforts? I doubt it. But we do have them, and they do > get back what they want for their efforts, else they wouldn't do it. > > Perhaps you want to rethink about what you, or someone else thinking the > same thing, hopes to get out of it. With any enterprise you have to fit > into the model that surrounds it. You can't have everything your way. > I am always willing to learn new things. Are you saying the Linus and all the Red Hat employed developers are not being paid to do their development. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
