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My argument is: if a complex project like the Linux kernel, or MySQL, or CMake, or pretty much any large piece of open source software, can be written by remote
by pnako 7y ago
My argument is: if a complex project like the Linux kernel, or MySQL, or CMake, or pretty much any large piece of open source software, can be written by remote teams, I don't see what's specific about typical corporate or start-up technology that would prevent that.
- rusticpenn 7y agoThe difference is that, the developers are unpaid for the Linux Kernel.
- mkl 7y agoNot true at all. In 2017, only 7.7% of contributions were unpaid [1], and it's been dropping for many years: "from 14.6 percent of contributions in 2012 to just 11.8 percent" in 2015 [2] [1] https://thenewstack.io/contributes-linux-kernel/ https://thenewstack.io/contributes-linux-kernel/ [2] https://www.cio.com/article/2909736/who-s-behind-linux-now-and-should-you-be-afraid.html https://www.cio.com/article/2909736/who-s-behind-linux-now-a...
- rusticpenn 7y agoMaybe I should have been clearer. The payments to the contributors and the targets of their respective companies are not always identical. A team from redhat contributing to the kernel might not be remote and will have their own performance measurement stratergies.
- pts_ 7y agoWhich makes wasting money on meetings over comms through text even more glaring.