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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Keeping 1000 devs focused: new Debian leader speaks
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>> | Ten days back, the new leader of the Debian
>> | GNU/Linux project, Stefano Zacchiroli,
>> | began his term as the only elected leader
>> | of a free software project. But that's not
>> | the only thing that makes Debian unique in
>> | the FOSS space.
>> |
>> | The project has well over 1000 developers
>> | from all corners of the globe and, despite
>> | the arguments and debates that figure on
>> | its many mailing lists, still puts together
>> | a distribution that is top quality and
>> | caters to more architectures than any
>> | other.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/38579-
>> keeping-1000-devs-focused-new-debian-leader-speaks
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> Look at the large number of developers willing to work on Debian. Some
> people think that these developers work for nothing and are wasting their
> time. I don't agree... There are many nontangible factors that motivate
> these people to help out.
For comparison, IIRC, just 200 developers make Windows and ~1000 makes Office.
To be fair, Debian is more than just the OS.
Among developers, Microsoft may be the minority (Apple too).
Microsoft has debt.
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