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Um yeah, about that… most of this stuff wasn’t built for free.. it was either directly (think IBM and Oracle and Linux) or indirectly (the countless people inc
by danachow 4y ago
Um yeah, about that… most of this stuff wasn’t built for free.. it was either directly (think IBM and Oracle and Linux) or indirectly (the countless people including me that could contribute development time because of high compensation from 9-5 jobs) funded by major corporations.
Even gcc was a languishing mess until it got some real corporate backing into it. The Hurd never took off - the bulk of the real FSF successes had tremendous infusion of commercial support.