This makes a good point. The article I read off Yahoo says they these bonuses are to keep the sales staff from leaving with their customers. The company doesn't care much if you can't pay your bills. The company cares a lot if you take 20 million in revnue. If the company is ever going to pay back it creditors it might be worth 25 million to retain 100's of millions or even billions of revenue.
Now, I'll admit right now that I am not very familiar with Linux. I installed it on my system and, am still in a learning process. Part of my interest in Linux is from reading ESR's writings on the open-source community. His writtings seemed to describe a world-wide community that worked on the best code (and that gift culture stuff). Now, the people that have contributed to Linux are from many countries. If I understand properly the emphasis should be on the code. Myself, I have been inspired to learn about open source code, and to try and contribute either though bug reports or through later knowledge of coding. The point would be to get the greatest user base in an attempt to get the best coders (myself at this point not an option). The issue with China endorsing Linux is a moot issue. It appears to be a over-reaction to a press release. The question is offically how the community deals with endorsement. This has become a kinda PR game. From what ESR describes (that of the making the OS that works independant of the PR game) it should not be a PR issue. Admittedly this maybe an issue today. But as I understand it the GLP makes Linux aviable to all (no politcs). The politics that ESR describes in Homesteading the Noosphree are between coders and not countries. It becomes a bit different when placed within a world political view. If ESR was only working within the politics he describes online then there would be no issue with China. It would be an issue with an coder in China at best. The culture that he describes is working for the best code. Personally my ploltics difer with ESR (but seem to agree my many issues), but it shouldn't be about politics. I don't know. The PR and politics seem both popular and interesting to me, but it is not the model described by ESR in his analysis. Maybe I should have been there back in the day. The public (of which I maybe a victum) exposure of Linux seems to have moved on beyond the open source community that he describes.
Now, I'll admit right now that I am not very familiar with Linux. I installed it on my system and, am still in a learning process. Part of my interest in Linux is from reading ESR writings on the open-source community http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/h omesteading.html. His writtings seemed to describe a world-wide community that worked on the best code (and that gift culture stuff). Now, the people that have contributed to Linux are from many countries. If I understand properly the emphasis should be on the code. Myself, I have been inspired to learn about open source code, and to try and contribute either though bug reports or through later knowledge of coding. The point here would be to get the greatest user base in an attempt to get the best coders (myself at this point not an option). The issue with China endorsing Linux is a moot issue. It appears to be a over-reaction to a press release. The question is offically how the community deals with endorsement. This has become a kinda PR game. From what ESR describes (that of the making the OS that works indepentant of the PR game) it should not be a PR issue. Admittedly maybe an issue today. But as I understand it the GLP makes Linux aviable to all (no politcs).
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This makes a good point. The article I read off Yahoo says they these bonuses are to keep the sales staff from leaving with their customers. The company doesn't care much if you can't pay your bills. The company cares a lot if you take 20 million in revnue. If the company is ever going to pay back it creditors it might be worth 25 million to retain 100's of millions or even billions of revenue.
Now, I'll admit right now that I am not very familiar with Linux. I installed it on my system and, am still in a learning process. Part of my interest in Linux is from reading ESR's writings on the open-source community. His writtings seemed to describe a world-wide community that worked on the best code (and that gift culture stuff). Now, the people that have contributed to Linux are from many countries. If I understand properly the emphasis should be on the code. Myself, I have been inspired to learn about open source code, and to try and contribute either though bug reports or through later knowledge of coding. The point would be to get the greatest user base in an attempt to get the best coders (myself at this point not an option). The issue with China endorsing Linux is a moot issue. It appears to be a over-reaction to a press release. The question is offically how the community deals with endorsement. This has become a kinda PR game. From what ESR describes (that of the making the OS that works independant of the PR game) it should not be a PR issue. Admittedly this maybe an issue today. But as I understand it the GLP makes Linux aviable to all (no politcs). The politics that ESR describes in Homesteading the Noosphree are between coders and not countries. It becomes a bit different when placed within a world political view. If ESR was only working within the politics he describes online then there would be no issue with China. It would be an issue with an coder in China at best. The culture that he describes is working for the best code. Personally my ploltics difer with ESR (but seem to agree my many issues), but it shouldn't be about politics. I don't know. The PR and politics seem both popular and interesting to me, but it is not the model described by ESR in his analysis. Maybe I should have been there back in the day. The public (of which I maybe a victum) exposure of Linux seems to have moved on beyond the open source community that he describes.
Now, I'll admit right now that I am not very familiar with Linux. I installed it on my system and, am still in a learning process. Part of my interest in Linux is from reading ESR writings on the open-source community http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/h omesteading.html. His writtings seemed to describe a world-wide community that worked on the best code (and that gift culture stuff). Now, the people that have contributed to Linux are from many countries. If I understand properly the emphasis should be on the code. Myself, I have been inspired to learn about open source code, and to try and contribute either though bug reports or through later knowledge of coding. The point here would be to get the greatest user base in an attempt to get the best coders (myself at this point not an option). The issue with China endorsing Linux is a moot issue. It appears to be a over-reaction to a press release. The question is offically how the community deals with endorsement. This has become a kinda PR game. From what ESR describes (that of the making the OS that works indepentant of the PR game) it should not be a PR issue. Admittedly maybe an issue today. But as I understand it the GLP makes Linux aviable to all (no politcs).