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Why are there so many graybeards in FOSS? (www.theregister.com)
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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It’s good in some ways, but I read one of the points as a generational turnover. Graybeards are the people who invented a lot of foss and stayed true to the calling. True heroes. But there needs to be a continuation, fresh blood, a bright future, and the graybeards won’t be around forever.

Graybeards are also people who got into foss when it was easy to start. The fear is there are higher expectations now, higher complexity, creating barriers to entry for the next generation