Re: simple question
> I'm very interested in the future of Linux as commercial OS, but
> I have a question:
>
> Linux is great thanks to over 1000 programmers who hard worked on
> it in their free time. It was a passion, an hobby.
> For sure, the best valuable passion or hobby I ever seen, but I ask:
> who can say me that I can be sure that this programmers will continue
> their great job?
This is a common question about Open Source. The point is that should a
programmer decide to quit, then there are plenty who can take their place.
>I know that there are a lot of programmers, but
> the problem is that, IF LINUX would reach (and I hope) a BIG MARKET SHARE,
> a lot of people will buy it and use it. How can this programmers to
> support such a market ??
There are a lot of us. As OS grows, so the number of OS programmers grow -
it's pretty much self-continuing.
> They are not paid (economically) from their job. They're Linux system
> programmers
> in their free time. I know they're paid from their first job (most of them
> are
> programmers), but imagine that Linux would gain a lot of market.
> How can I put my firm in the hands of their free time ???
Because Open Source works - if theres an important bug in a program, and
it's author can't or doesn't have the time to fix, then someone, or
several people will write a patch.
> And if they don't have anymore free time, what can we do??
As I said above, I think this is highly unlikely.
Matthew
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