In the interview though, he says it started when he bought web cams for his daughters but there was no Linux support.
But then he realized that a lot of the code was shareable, so he generalized it to 235 cameras.
You could call the difference between making 2 drivers work and 235 "altruism". Or you could just call it "doing it a good job". Most people have the desire to do a good job.
I frequently do the same thing... I call it cleaning up dirty hacks, and learning the essence of a problem. Not necessarily altruism, but I won't object if anyone calls it that.
In the interview though, he says it started when he bought web cams for his daughters but there was no Linux support.
But then he realized that a lot of the code was shareable, so he generalized it to 235 cameras.
You could call the difference between making 2 drivers work and 235 "altruism". Or you could just call it "doing it a good job". Most people have the desire to do a good job.
I frequently do the same thing... I call it cleaning up dirty hacks, and learning the essence of a problem. Not necessarily altruism, but I won't object if anyone calls it that.