I think the linux dev community and foss developers in general could be much more aggressive about going after government grant money. Open source software is used in everything from biomedical research to fundamental science, to industry, to defense. Somehow, these key shared resources are still run on a budget that's barely a rounding error by comparison.
I know writing grant proposals sucks and everyone wants to be having fun developing software, but if you pull in enough money initially you can pay people to write more grants and make things self sustaining in terms of funding. For how essential linux is to modern society there should be more paid people working on it full time.
I know writing grant proposals sucks and everyone wants to be having fun developing software, but if you pull in enough money initially you can pay people to write more grants and make things self sustaining in terms of funding. For how essential linux is to modern society there should be more paid people working on it full time.