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Re:The race to replace Redis by t888 on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:40AM (#39863351)
The ‘cause’ of oss? I doubt many people ever were dedicated to a cause outside of GNU diehards. For most other people it was about curiosity or fun, a hobby etc.
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Re:The race to replace Redis by bruce511 on Friday March 29, 2024 @04:06PM (#39868434)
Or, as is the point of this article, simply a job. (And likely -most- OSS developers are just paid employees. )
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