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Re:Microsoft is now a braver, more innovative company than A... by chris_wot on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:33AM (#12836519)
Ah, if only that worked for OSS stuff like Gnome.
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Re:Microsoft is now a braver, more innovative company than A... by bluejekyll on Monday October 31, 2016 @11:17AM (#12837496)
OSS runs by different rules. It's more about how many Devs can you attract you your project. The number of users is less important in a sense, though that usually has an effect on the number of Devs contributing to a project.

So Gnome and KDE need more Devs to become better, and people only have so much spare time, which is why having corporate backers is also critical to projects.

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