Artem Kachitchkine wrote: > > I got one silly hypothesis, though its validity is greatly offset by > my employment and, very likely, my upbringing. One of the most strike > contrasts when moving from Russia to a capitalist society was the > notion of private property. Skipping the long thought process, it > seems to me that people care much more about something they own, than > something they borrow. I could care less about ceiling leaks in my > rented apartment, but look at those home owners, with their wallets > out at the home depot :) Or the way stock options affect stock holders. > > The Linux community seems to have a more pronounced ownership feeling > about the code, the "if we don't do it, noone will" sort of thing. > Certain weight of responsibility. With OpenSolaris though, > Sun acts as a supreme being that takes responsibility for both > screwups and successes. Do the community contributors feel at home > here? Do they feel like they own anything there? Like their actions > have direct impact and their efforts really paying off? > I think we are more like the audience at a show, audience participation is encouraged, but the show has a plot to follow.
Not only do Linux people have a more pronounced ownership feeling about the code, but a widely dispersed number of them make their living from the code, either through consulting, freelance development or employment. The same applies to a number of other successful opensource projects. Ian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
