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Linux is not attracting young developers because most young developers don't have problems that need solving in the kernel. The amount of change an individual
by fleitz 17y ago
Linux is not attracting young developers because most young developers don't have problems that need solving in the kernel.
The amount of change an individual developer can effect on a project is inversely proportional to the amount of code already written.
- _delirium 17y agoThe age of a project matters too, I think. If you got into Linux kernel development in 1995, you had no experience, but not many other people did either. If you start becoming active in 2010, you're 15 years behind, and there's no possible way to catch up to someone like Alan Cox or Andrew Morton in influence.
- rbanffy 17y agoYou know both will, someday, retire.