Comment on If everyone at Microsoft forgot how to code, why don't they open source their stuff?

• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s not true. Do you think the engineers working full time on Linux are being paid from donations?

  They work for businesses.

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  • Lembot_0002@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yes, some engineers got their salary from companies. I see no problem here. You can count it as a donations from business.

    I mean Linux is written for having Linux. Microsoft does its stuff having money as a goal. Principally different approaches. You can consider Linux as a non-profit organization if it is more comfortable to you.

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    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Huh? I wasn’t making a value judgement, I was just saying Linux development is largely funded from other means than donations.

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      • Lembot_0002@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        And? The question was “Where does Linux get money?”, my answer was “No money, that isn’t even a goal”.

        I don’t understand you.

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• Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Check mate!

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