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Why Linux Is Not Attracting Young Developers

Posted by Soulskill on from the beards-are-going-out-of-style dept.

judeancodersfront writes "Jonathan Corbet recently pointed out at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit that the Linux kernel team was getting older and not attracting young developers. This article suggests the Linux kernel no longer has the same appeal to young open source developers that it did 10 years ago. Could it be that the massive code base and declining sense of community from corporate involvement has driven young open source programmers elsewhere?"

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  1. Proprietary App Platforms Won by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Old People,

    We're busy building iphone, android, facebook and twitter apps, with the delusion of a multi-million dollar payday.

    BTW, thanks for all the open source stuff we're using.

    Signed,

    Young Developers

  2. Re:What about the barrier to entry? by jadedoto · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the reason I don't contribute. It's like suddenly being handed the US economy and saying "fix it!"