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Last time I checked much of the work in Ubuntu was done by the teams (Kernel team, Server team, several translation teams, etc), the majority of members of each
by zppx 16y ago
Last time I checked much of the work in Ubuntu was done by the teams (Kernel team, Server team, several translation teams, etc), the majority of members of each team are not employed by Canonical, and this is a problem.
As a matter of fact, I know of someone that worked in one of the Ubuntu teams, when his work became well known, and someone at Red Hat discovered that he was not paid they just hired him.
EDIT: I do not see this as a problem though, I watch closely the Dragonfly BSD project and as far as I know the majority of the developers are not paid to contribute with the project.
- po 16y agoI don't think there is as much sniping of talent in the BSD world as in linux. I feel like the Linux distros are more competitive with each other so it seems like a bit of a problem to me.
- DrSprout 16y agoCompetition is a good thing. It's only a problem for Ubuntu. And it's not even that much of a problem for Ubuntu's end users, since Ubuntu's biggest problem is making meaningful contributions upstream.
- tszming 16y agoThis reminded me the story of "unpaid internships" (http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/19/two-ubuntu-community-team-intern-opportunities-available/ http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/19/two-ubuntu-community-tea...), IMHO, there's nothing wrong, but their HR can do it better?