On 10-02-04 11:59 PM, Rufus wrote:
Chris Ilias wrote:
On 10-02-04 3:46 PM, Rufus wrote:
...so then, there aren't really any "volunteers"? I'm having a real hrad
time grasping this business model...or understanding how this "company"
could be organized. If it is...
That's because you're viewing it as all or nothing. Most contributors
are volunteers. Development (and most other things at Mozilla) are
done in the open, and available for anyone to participate. If the
Mozilla Corporation or Mozilla Messaging decide that they need someone
to work full-time on something, they try to hire them.
Where I get confused is that I read a lot of posts here that fall back
on - "but we're just all volunteers, the other guys are paid"...which
comes off sounding like I should expect less.
What I really think is that everyone involved is equally competent -
paid or not. And when things all start looking the same or similar
between products, it starts looking like you are all working together in
any event. So...just what should I expect?
SeaMonkey uses some code that is shared, but the stuff that is specific
to SeaMonkey is all volunteers (AFAIK). And volunteers usually have a
day job, meaning that time to work on the product is part-time.
Right now, it seems that the SeaMonkey-specific work is less hours than
the work specific to Firefox or Thunderbird, so expect less. But also
remember that it is open source. If someone wants to help, they can.
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Chris Ilias <http://ilias.ca>
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