> Its not about competition. RedHat employees pushed their idea of things and the volunteers either ate it up or left.

This is a narrow view about how innovation happens in Linux and related software. Yes, Linux-focused companies are driving many of the changes, but there is plenty of exploration of ideas that happens outside of those companies.

I was thinking about maintaining and keeping things running (like you would do with cars and houses and anything else except software) and less about innovation and change. I doubt there is a shortage of ideas that are being explored.

Like, innovative and fresh stuff is cool, but at the end of the day you need to keep your business running and not breaking down.