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Proposal to Fund Debian Sparks Debate

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the much-ado-about-something dept.

lisah writes "The announcement earlier this week of 'experimental' group Dunc-Tank's plans to bankroll the work of certain Debian developers has sparked some controversy across the open source community. The leaders of Dunc-Tank say their primary motivation is to see that Debian version 4.0, also known as etch, is released on time this December. Debian developer Lucas Nussbaum, however, says that research shows that 'sometimes, paying volunteers decreases the overall participation.' Dunc-Tank member Raphaël Hertzog countered that the opposite is true and 'many Debian developers are motivated to work when things evolve,' a veiled reference to Debian's notoriously slow release cycle. Dunc-Tank member and kernel developer Ted Ts'o took the idea a step further and said, 'If money were among anybody's primary motivators...they probably wouldn't be accepting a grant from Dunc-Tank; they could probably make more money by applying for a job with Google — or Microsoft.'"

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  1. look at me now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm fucking a dog as I type this

    long live /. faggotry! first fucking psot

  2. Could they make more money? by Timesprout · · Score: 0, Troll
    hey could probably make more money by applying for a job with Google or Microsoft.'"


    Seriously could they? Whats so appealing to MS or google about developers who take their sweet ass time to deliver anything, innovate little and basically just bug fix. I think applying for the job is as far as most debian developers would get. Try Mr Shuttleworth, probably wont pay anywhere near as well but higher probability of success.
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  3. Re:Why pay? by Rideak · · Score: 0, Troll

    man you would have been so pwned right now if this were digg. -10,000 for fluffy karma fantasy-land

  4. Why take the money? by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because I Ted Ts'o. Appologies in retreat.

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