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Re:So you're using a weird language by scarface74 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:44PM (#33111448)
> people tend to seek meaning not money. The emergence of OSS ecosystem is the best example -- a lot of it, including

Look at a list of who the largest contributors are to Linux.

https://news.itsfoss.com/huawei-kernel-contribution/

Most of the contributors are getting paid to do so.

Do you really think most of the 2.7 million developers in the US are contributing to open source?

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Re:So you're using a weird language by throwaway290 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @02:33PM (#33112150)
Absolutely the case now, but not quite how these things tend to get started.

Regarding how many in the US contribute, I don't know the stats... Could probably be more if work-life balance/employment security was better.

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Re:So you're using a weird language by scarface74 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:02PM (#33112535)
Read about the “Dark Matter Developers”

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-un...

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