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."

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Myth of the Linux OS.

[Rahga]

Ingenious... too bad that...

1) There's no such thing as the "Linux OS"... There's the Linux kernel, where many developers arte full-time employees of large corporations.

2) Outside of the Linux kernel, there's a ton of people who work in software but spend their hobby time working on software that is important or popular but NOT something that a large corporation would hire employees to build. Ok?

Take your opinion and shove it, Mr. Journalist. :)

Re:Yeah right

[r2q2]

Linus is already married, maybe he gave them hints in the source code?