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0 pointslogicchains6y ago0 comments

A community funded project could end up with someone like Linus Torvalds or Fabrice Bellard working on it, whereas a company like AutoDesk wouldn't pay enough to hire someone of that calibre.

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bluedino6y ago

Don't those people work on things because they want to and not because the community pays them?

There are plenty of high-caliber developers working on commercial products

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0 pointslogicchains6y ago0 comments

A community funded project could end up with someone like Linus Torvalds or Fabrice Bellard working on it, whereas a company like AutoDesk wouldn't pay enough to hire someone of that calibre.

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bluedino6y ago

Don't those people work on things because they want to and not because the community pays them?

There are plenty of high-caliber developers working on commercial products

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse