> What gets me is that much of the OSS/Linux ecosystem consists of thousandas of lashed together piles of code written by independent and only very loosely coor

> What gets me is that much of the OSS/Linux ecosystem consists of thousandas of lashed together piles of code written by independent and only very loosely coordinated groups, much of it code and lashed together by amateurs for free, and it is still more robust than software created by multi-billion dollar corporations. This is such a gross mischaracterization. Linux enjoys stability and robustness because multi-billion dollar corporations like RedHat and Canonical throw tons of money and resources at achieving this end and turning the loose collection of scripts plus a kernel into a usable OS. If they didn't, Linux would have single-digit adoption by hobbyists and these companies would still be running Solaris and HP/UX.