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Re:A clear-eyed view of open software funding, impediments, ... by streetcat1 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:19PM (#20830888)
Thanks. My point is that I want to create as high quality software as I can, and decrease support to zero. I want to get paid for doing tests. I want to add fault tolerant mechanism to mask failures,etc.

However, if my pay is based on support, I have an internal conflict.

There is something to be said about code review (which was the original Linus argument). However, I should not expect quality reviews from non paid developers.

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Re:A clear-eyed view of open software funding, impediments, ... by cycloptic on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:39PM (#20831096)
Someone has to maintain those tests. Those qualify as "support". The idea behind code review isn't that amateur developers are going to do it, but that other companies can independently pay someone.
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