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In all fairness, there are tons of programmers out there doing an incredible job, wrapped up in a company IP or some patented tech. Their name is often overshad
by keyle 12y ago
In all fairness, there are tons of programmers out there doing an incredible job, wrapped up in a company IP or some patented tech. Their name is often overshadowed by a name of a start up or diluted among other devs that contributed to about 5% of his/her genius.
- nl 12y agoTrue. Oh. Wait... How many companies can point to software as impactful as FFMpeg and QEMU? (Don't forget that most Linux based non-VMWare virtualization solutions use QEMU at least in part).
- qq66 12y ago> How many companies can point to software as impactful as FFMpeg and QEMU? Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc... > How many individuals can point to software as impactful as FFMpeg and QEMU? Tougher question.
- nl 12y agoMicrosoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc... I almost put this in myself, but I assumed that people would fill in the blank themselves and realize that they are comparing the output of one person to that of AN ENTIRE FORTUNE 500 COMPANY. Judging by the downvotes I guess I should have spelt it out. Mea Culpa.