[ARandomerDude]

> Q: Isn’t OSS developed primarily by inexperienced students?

> No, OSS is developed by a wide variety of software developers, and the average developer is quite experienced. A Boston Consulting Group study found that the average age of OSS developers was 30 years old, the majority had training in information technology and/or computer science, and on average had 11.8 years of computer programming experience.

If true, that’s an amazing statistic.

[ajxs]

I'm not sure what part of these statistics you're commenting on in particular. If you're amazed at how much experience the average open source developer has, it's worth pointing out that there's a lot of open source software development that is directly sponsored by enterprise-scale companies that use the software itself. E.g. companies that both use, and contribute to the Linux kernel such as Google, and Facebook. Another good example is Netflix and FreeBSD. Also relevant are processor manufacturers who contribute code relevant to their IP to GCC. It's really awesome seeing companies be good stewards of OSS.

[popcube]

if students can building so many things, it is also amazing