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Job opening: kernel bug managerJob opening: kernel bug managerPosted May 1, 2007 10:40 UTC (Tue) by rhdxmr (guest, #44404)Parent article: Job opening: kernel bug manager
I wonder.. what profit would directly come by opening this job.
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Job opening: kernel bug manager Posted May 1, 2007 11:54 UTC (Tue) by xma (guest, #44981) [Link] Maybe a reliable and stable kernel ? :) Or even to show that Google isreally helping the Free Software community ? Some people think they are not helping but are there for profits only. GSOC is a good example of such investment by Google.
Job opening: kernel bug manager Posted May 1, 2007 12:15 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] Remotely exploitable security hole in kernel can cost billions for Google. Even remotely exploitable DOS-attack can cost millions! If you'll consider this you'll see that it makes perfect sense for a Google to spend a lot of resources helping kernel development. And since they don't control linux kernel development the next best thing is to participate in the process and make sure Google will have features it needs in kernel. And the number one feature is lack of bugs - all other needed features Google can develop in-house, but in-house bug fixing is just not practical.
Job opening: kernel bug manager Posted May 1, 2007 13:49 UTC (Tue) by i3839 (subscriber, #31386) [Link] Nice theories guys, but I think it's much simpler than that: Andrew Morton works for Google now, and I bet they asked him what's needed, or he made some noise.
That said, besides a bug manager, code reviewers seem to be scarce too.
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