[ShadowAce]

The point is where that paycheck comes from. How many MS developers contribute their free/spare time to coding for MS? Contrast that to how many FLOSS developers are contributing their time and effort in addition to their full-time jobs. The difference is because of the orientation of those developers--FLOSS developers contribute is spite of not being paid by that project. MS developers contribute solely because they are being paid by that project.

That is the difference, and that is my point.

[Bush2000]

The point is where that paycheck comes from. How many MS developers contribute their free/spare time to coding for MS?

A majority of them. Overtime is not reimbursed at MS. Every dev that I know that works there is a workaholic. And many of them work on joint projects between several teams that aren't reimbursed. For example, DirectX started as a joint effort initiated by Alex St. John. People simply believed in the concept and made it happen. Without anybody paying them to do it. Consequently, based on what I've seen, your original statement is BS.