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But who said the FOSS model doesn't work? It's been working for decades. Having a well-paid, full-time job as an OSS maintainer is what doesn't work - it's the
by ricardobeat 4y ago
But who said the FOSS model doesn't work? It's been working for decades. Having a well-paid, full-time job as an OSS maintainer is what doesn't work - it's the equivalent of becoming a celebrity, not achievable for 99% regardless of effort.
- edude03 4y agoI mean it's clearly not working for this guy. But seriously, depends on your definition of "works". It works for large companies, doesn't seem to work for anyone else. It seems the only opensource that "works" is when large companies are nice enough to open source and maintain something that is accidentally useful to someone else (IE, never the crown jewels obviously) otherwise you mostly hear stories of harassment and burn out.