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How the Linux Foundation Runs Its Virtual Office
CowboyRobot writes "The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit that manages much of the day-to-day business behind the open source operating system, maintains a small office in San Francisco. Stop by, however, and you probably won't find anyone there. That's because the organization's 30-something employees work virtually. It's like the anti-Yahoo: Just about everyone, including Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds, works from home. 'We really wanted to have that effectiveness and nimbleness of a virtual organization,' said Amanda McPherson, Linux Foundation's VP of marketing and developer programs. 'You have that commitment and ownership of your job more than when you're just sitting there in that cube farm,' McPherson said. 'For us, if you hire the right people who are motivated by that, you just get more commitment. [You get] people who really love their jobs and like to work, but also like that they can go to the gym at 2 in the afternoon when it's not crowded. In an office, [people would say]: "Why isn't he at his desk? It's 2. There must be something wrong."'"
They are just lazy frat boys surfing the internet for Siberian pornorefy instead of working, which is why Linox is losing ground to Frisbsd everywhgere. I mean, really, what is your problem, if you are too lazy to go to work you should not get paid you slacker. Linorx is the reason that the economi is crape.
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by sending out nasty emails throwing a tantrum, cussing out the voluenteers, trying to fix 6 year old bugs!
do I get a "fuck your mother" email from Linus now?