Well, I would have to say this is an entirely different situation, as
the majority of OpenSolaris developers are currently getting paid to
work on OpenSolaris.
So don't let the Debian issue factor into your position...
-Brian
On 5/14/07, Venky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There was one bit of news from CommunityOne (i.e. the JavaOne pre-show)
> that I thought might have interesting consequences for the OpenSolaris
> community. That was the proposal to pay open source developers for
> their work. That doesn't seem like a bad idea and I am wondering how
> such a thing would affect the community here.
This might be a good idea, but previous experiments in the Linux
community have not been universally successful.
Disgruntled Debian developers delay Etch:
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3128387759.html
The bounty system, on the other hand, has a track record of
working much better than hand-picked developers getting paid for
their work.
Venky.
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