Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust

Posted Sep 2, 2020 4:19 UTC (Wed) by roc (subscriber, #30627)
In reply to: Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust by mirabilos
Parent article: Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust

See my comments up above. There are far more people using Rust (in production) outside Mozilla than inside it, and that has been true for years. Claiming that no-one outside Mozilla uses Rust is just weirdly out of touch.

> they are looking for a new home to support and fund them now that Mozilla laid them off.

This is also out of touch. For years Mozilla has been steadily reducing the number of people they pay to work on Rust. For years the vast majority of the work going into Rust has come from the community beyond Mozilla.

Supporting Linux kernel development in Rust

Posted Sep 2, 2020 16:34 UTC (Wed) by edomaur (subscriber, #14520) [Link]

Yes, as they said there https://blog.rust-lang.org/2020/08/18/laying-the-foundati... :

> Further, it is a common misconception that all of the Mozilla employees who participated in Rust leadership did so as a part of their employment. In fact, many Mozilla
> employees in Rust leadership contributed to Rust in their personal time, not as a part of their job.