On 10/20/2013 04:24 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 20.10.2013 08:34, schrieb Daniel Campbell: >> hm, Redhat is one of the companies investing the most money into linux >> kernel, userland, graphics... if you 'don't trust them' you are pretty >> much 20 years too late. >> Investing money does not make them any more qualified or deserving of >> making decisions. Red Hat is not the sole user of Linux. They should >> consider themselves lucky that they are even able to profit from >> something that's free. >> >> You're right, though. They've been around for a while, and I've never >> trusted them or any other corporate interest in *nix. There's always a >> catch when dealing with a business. >> > > 'have been around for a while' - replace that with 'are financing more > core developers than anybody else'. > That's less reason to trust, not more. That's like citing the popularity of something as proof of its quality, when oftentimes it's the exact opposite that's true.
So they spend a lot of money hiring developers. The more important question is what is their agenda? What do they tell those developers to *make*? You don't hire people without a business plan in mind.
