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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] hobbyist recruiting
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My impression is that although a small number of new developers come from the hobbyist
ranks, the large majority come from companies that are developing products that use Linux.
As Greg says if the hobbyist contributes they get hired up by some company in today's market.

I would be interested in hearing success and failures of others in getting these corporate
developers to contribute and get involved upstream. It can be a management issue, it could
be personal fears or it could be cultural but in my experience many talented people still shy
away from contributing to any upstream project.

In my world, the problem isn't hobbyist recruiting but internal recruiting; and keeping the
good people contributing instead of going off to other projects.