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> Pay them real money. In the order of what they could make as senior engineers. What advantage is that to the company over just hiring them and having them co
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
> Pay them real money. In the order of what they could make as senior engineers.
What advantage is that to the company over just hiring them and having them continue to work on the open source project. From the company’s perspective, not only does that cover paying for maintenance, it also gives them far more control over the direction of the open source project by directly employing the main contributors.