On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 12:59:39PM -0600, Kaustubh Gadkari wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Mayuresh <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.cio.in/news/microsoft-counted-key-linux-contributor-245792012 > > > > Just numeric illusion I suppose. > > Why? If they contributed those many changes to the kernel, then so be > it - they deserve to counted as a contributor. It is what it is.
No problems with that. (Look I am not a stereotype MS basher.) All that I mean is the numbers do not necessarily indicate _intent_ to contribute. You might patch a thing n times just because it broke n times, does not make you a better contributor than someone who contributed fewer times though with better quality and functionality. Just the count is not a measure of intent. They are unlikely to be doing it to help Linux/OSS prosper or something. They contributed to areas where they had a business interest. Hence I called it an illusion. The fact that it helped Linux is anyway most welcome. Mayuresh. _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
