:You Get What You Pay For: Paid Contributors Drive Open Source
You Get What You Pay For: Paid Contributors Drive Open Source Oct 6, 2008, 22 :47 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3987 reads) (Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)
"She found that paid developers are often identified with the core developer group which is responsible for key infrastructure and often make a large number of commits. Furthermore, she suggested that the groups may have different priorities: "whereas [paid] developers focus on technical excellence, peripheral contributors are more interested in access and practical use.""
