Andrei Alexandrescu, el 28 de enero a las 12:29 me escribiste: > Leandro Lucarella wrote: > >Andrei Alexandrescu, el 28 de enero a las 09:49 me escribiste: > >>>Just see the next message: > >>> > >>>http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-01/msg00501.html > >>> > >>>2010-01-26 Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> > >>> > >>> * MAINTAINERS: Add myself as Go frontend maintainer. > >>> > >>> > >>>If you think Google is not pushing Go, think again... > >>I'd seen that, but my understanding is that Ian is a maintainer of > >>the frontend, not necessarily that Google is pushing Go or even that > >>Google is paying him to spend time on Go. What am I missing? > > > >They are paying him to spend time on Go, at least is a "20% project". > > Aw come on. I knew when I wrote the message I'll leave place for > that semantic loophole, but I hoped you wouldn't be taking it so I > didn't bother to preempt. Anyway... an employee spending time on a > 20% project is a far cry from "Google is pushing Go". Anyone at > Google could choose to do anything they please for their 20% > projects.
Is not just one persona using his 20% project. There are a lot of Google's employees doing so (and a couple of "high-profile" Google's employees, like Rob Pike and Ken Thompson). Google's doesn't just give away a day of work, you have to present a serious project to spent your 20% and they have to approve it. I counted 10 people @google and almost 20 more @golang (which, being that the top developers, like Pike and Thompson are @golang, one could give for granted that are all Google employees as well) in the CONTRIBUTORS file. That's about 30 people (without counting other potential Google employees using another e-mail). I think that is something... Also, they provide all the infrastructure for the project, all the marking has Google over the places, etc. -- Leandro Lucarella (AKA luca) http://llucax.com.ar/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GPG Key: 5F5A8D05 (F8CD F9A7 BF00 5431 4145 104C 949E BFB6 5F5A 8D05) ----------------------------------------------------------------------