Messages in this thread | | | From | "D. Hazelton" <> | Subject | Re: Why the DOS has many ntfs read and write driver,but the linux can't for a long time | Date | Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:57:01 -0500 |
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On Tuesday 10 January 2006 08:26, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Tuesday 10 January 2006 10:33, D. Hazelton wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 January 2006 02:33, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > Andrew, I think this is a rare (on lkml at least) case when guy > > > does not want to participate in development in a Linux way > > > but wants to just pay for development instead: > > > "I want this <hardware> to work good under Linux. I want to pay > > > up to <sum> to whoever will agree to do that. Anybody?" > > > > > > Do not dismiss him lightly. There are LOTS of people which aren't > > > hackish at all. An order of magniture more than 'us' computer geeks. > > > M$ is successful because it uses this resource. > > > We may want to think how can we use it too. > > > > > > No, I don't think you, or someone else on this list can efficiently > > > use it, but distros, being more commercially oriented, maybe can. > > > > This is true. The types of bounties I have seen in OS development do not > > usually reach much beyond $500. If distro's were to get behind this and > > start offering bounties of large sums for _working_ code for hardware > > there might be a response. > > I meant a different thing. Distro is a commercial entity. > Users can buy services from businesses. "Write (or fix) me a driver" > is a service. > > People inclined to just pay for code instead of helping with coding > may have greater success talking to distros. > > Of course, distros then will hire someone from lkml crowd to actually do > it. > > If there will be enough of cash flow from such requests, this can > becode somebody's full time job.
Almost exactly what I meant. Truth is, though, that I mentioned the "bounty" system because its flexible enough that the distro's wouldn't have to hire someone full-time. However, I can see that it would make a difference in several respects. Statement withdrawn.
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