> How would a large company (or community project) be able to recruit hundreds of programmers well versed in these languages? The problem is s/w is built on exi

> How would a large company (or community project) be able to recruit hundreds of programmers well versed in these languages? The problem is s/w is built on existing knowledge and in the system programming domain that is C/C++ for the most part, and that's where you'll get man-power to the extent needed to build gargantuan OSes like Windows, MacOS, Linux and so on. - Put some cool code riddles on the company website that lots of hackers will like so that they will discuss them on Hacker News. - Pay a more than sufficient salary.