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

[David Froble]

Craig A. Berry wrote:
> 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.

You make a convincing argument ..

:-)