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You seem to have drunk the cool aid ... its pure artificial flavor and coloring. Take Canonical for example. They have around 30-80 people working on Ubuntu. D

You seem to have drunk the cool aid ... its pure artificial flavor and coloring. Take Canonical for example. They have around 30-80 people working on Ubuntu. Do you really think that's NOT where 95% of the work gets done? Yet Ubuntu has this arora around it as it's some kind of a community built distro where everyone contributes a bit, and all those little bits add up to make the whole. Pure marketing bs. I'm not saying you should not praise Linus for the early work he did. Just that there is more to it. He is still and was since the early days paid to develop Linux. But an entire industy now contributes to Linux who are paid to do so. And your webapp suggestion just does not stand up at all. Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, phpBB, all have corps around them that are now the primary funders and drivers of the projects.

bmelton 15y ago
Linux development began in 1991 if I'm remembering right, and as far as I know, the first cash infusion came from DEC to help port it to their architectures in 94 or 95. The core of the OS was written, functioned and generally worked on x86 machines. How much money did Drupal start up with? How much money did Wordpress? How about phpBB? The distinction I might have failed to make is that the corporations came AFTER the product. They spawned industry around the product. Yes, Drupal et al have become commercial, but they were bootstrapped products to the best of my knowledge. Again, $200,000 is a lot of money, and should have been a near infinite amount of money for a lean startup whose members are straight out of college. That they're only to the point that they are with the funding they've had, and that they're asking for more funding is ridiculous.
- powertower 15y ago
  No one is denying the bootstrap. They were all bootstrapped by individuals working in their spare time. I get that. I accept that. I have no issues with that. What I'm arguing is that the above current projects are more a product of corporate development and drive than anything else. And the commit logs are on my side.

bmelton 15y ago

Linux development began in 1991 if I'm remembering right, and as far as I know, the first cash infusion came from DEC to help port it to their architectures in 94 or 95. The core of the OS was written, functioned and generally worked on x86 machines. How much money did Drupal start up with? How much money did Wordpress? How about phpBB? The distinction I might have failed to make is that the corporations came AFTER the product. They spawned industry around the product. Yes, Drupal et al have become commercial, but they were bootstrapped products to the best of my knowledge. Again, $200,000 is a lot of money, and should have been a near infinite amount of money for a lean startup whose members are straight out of college. That they're only to the point that they are with the funding they've had, and that they're asking for more funding is ridiculous.

powertower 15y ago
No one is denying the bootstrap. They were all bootstrapped by individuals working in their spare time. I get that. I accept that. I have no issues with that. What I'm arguing is that the above current projects are more a product of corporate development and drive than anything else. And the commit logs are on my side.