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Why are there so many graybeards in FOSS? (www.theregister.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

The problem the article highlights is not the considerable amount of "graybeards," but the lack of everyone else.

to have a bigger part of that pie, then have more of them jump in.

The problem is: how?

I personally enjoy working with open source projects because I like making code to help other people. But, apparently, that's not enough of an incentive for other people.

Or, of course, they don't have the time/resources