[Info-vax] OT(?): Linux: developed by corporates. *NOT* developed by unpaid volunteers.

[Craig A. Berry]

On 3/29/15 11:47 AM, David Froble wrote:
> Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> On 3/28/15 11:08 PM, David Froble wrote:
>>
>>> I'll admit that a "for profit" developer might also limit the platform
>>> selections, but, a for profit company might be more interested in
>>> expanding their opportunities for profit.  Someone who wrote some
>>> software for their own use, on their platform of choice, might be much
>>> less interested in supporting other platforms, nor interested in making
>>> it possible for others to support other platforms.  Thus my (perhaps
>>> flawed) insight into "free software".
>>
>> Maybe. Or maybe the open source developers are motivated by pride rather
>> than profit and their values include portability for its own sake.
>
> If so, how much has that "pride" helped their creations run well on VMS?

Often better than the profit motive, but not always and it certainly
depends on the individuals involved.

But looking down your nose at open source ports really makes no sense.
If you think it does, go ahead and unplug all your VMS systems from NTP
and Kerberos and SSL and Perl and Python and Lua and Info-Zip and
BACKUP/DATA_FORMAT=COMPRESS and many others.