Myth of Linux Hobby Coders Exposed

Eh-Wire writes "Stuart Cohen, CEO of the Open Source Development Labs, does a short piece on the myth of renegade hackers coding in their parent's basements to create the Linux OS. He suggests this hasn't been the case for many years and goes on to claim that of the top 25 core developers, more than 90% of them are fully employed with some of the largest technology companies in the world. Stuart goes on to explode the myth of renegade programmers by saying, 'Sure, it represents a new way to create software, but the actual process looks a lot like how enterprise software has been made for decades.' A short but interesting read."

Comments

There you go again...

[Anonymous Coward]

... debunking the Didiot and Endrools of the world..

What a shame.

Slashdot Nerds

[TheKidWho]

have just been pwn3d.

No longer can anyone use the geek in their basement argument.(I know I know, im generalizing, so sue me)

Re:Slashdot Nerds

[Tarcastil]

You're posting from your parents' basement, aren't you.

renegade prgrammers

[Anonymous Coward]

Damn them renegade prgrammers, they have been the bane of my life for many many years!

Re:Romatic vision

[CypherXero]

Romantic? I think you spend too much time reading slashdot.

eh

[derxob]

Well there goes my theory that Linus Torvalds is "Zero Cool" from Hackers and he is married to Angelina "Acid Burn" Jolie ::sad face::

Re:Selected Instances

[Anonymous Coward]

Truth is, there are hundreds of major, active kernel developers.

Really...

"Stuart Cohen, CEO of the Open Source Development Labs, does a short piece on the myth of renegade hackers coding in their parent's basements to create the Linux OS.

I really do my best work in the attic.

Linux in professional hands?

[mr_majestyk]

Make no mistake, Linux is in professional hands

yeah, like these guys.

Re:Well, maybe not for the Linux kernel, but...

[Anonymous Coward]

Get a job hippy.

Re:Well, maybe not for the Linux kernel, but...

[ThousandStars]

I code the project that feeds me eight feet from my bed

That's remarkable! Do you produce some kind of servant or cooking robot?

SCO Created It

[Anonymous Coward]

Everybody knows that The SCO Group created Linux

Oh, wait...

Why Always The Bottom?

[__aanmcy3303]

It isn't true that we ALL live in our parents basements...

...Some of us live in our parents attics.

Re:Slashdotted, heres the article

[Anonymous Coward]

This is all great, but I'm looking for the latest news. Clue me in.

Re:The Ubiquitous PHB

[tomhudson]

by then quantum computing will be the norm, and Microsoft will have to delay Longtooth

Microsoft WANTS quantum computing. Like Schrodinger's cat, if the machine looks like its crashed, just turn the MONITOR off and on again - 50-50 chance that next time you look, it's actually still running. Of course, if it IS running and you blink, it may NOT be running when you open your eyes.

How this is different from today is left as an exercise for the reader.

Eight feet's just an appetizer

[Anonymous Coward]

I code the project that feeds me eight feet from my bed

That's remarkable! Do you produce some kind of servant or cooking robot?

Actually he's Jeffery Dahmer's kid brother. When he's done chowing down on the eight feet, he'll start on the four heads.

Re:yeah, been a victim of that legend.

[Fred Foobar]

Perhaps they meant "hacker" in the correct, original sense. Maybe they know the difference between "hacker" and "cracker".

Re:More tnan 90%

[Anonymous Coward]

my guess is the 24th guy is only employed part-time