Re: Not just open source
Can we please finish the "open source is written by hobbyists" myth?
Yes, hobbyists CAN contribute and some do. However most open source contributions are made by professionals in the course of their work, and even most of the volunteer contributors are professionals either helping something they want to support or publishing code to help them find work (the two are not mutually exclusive, of course).
Outside some Linux desktop stuff (mostly KDE) I find it hard to think of any open source stuff I use (and almost everything I use is open source) that is primarily developed by hobbyists.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
