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Sat, 12 Jul 2003
What is the value behind building open source?
Steven Noels is saying that the value in building something in an open source way is the process it teaches the participants. I agree.
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So, what is the value behind building open source, then? As usual, in the end, it all boils down to the people, and the environment they operate in. If you are used to work inside an open source project, you are used at working with a non-strict environmental context. Interfaces can and will change, there will be discussions about design, and you better make sure your code is designed for maintainability and extensibility, or someone else will go in and refactor the hell out of it. Also, you have to stand up and defend your ideas, and you're aware of the fact that people are looking into each and every code change you are committing to the source repository.It's also a nice side benefit that you get the source code ;-)
Another benefit is that the source-code quality is not degraded by the lack of funding or lack of time. I can't tell you how many times a good design was comprimised due to lack of time/money.
Posted by Phil at Sat Jul 12 12:56:03 2003
Posted by Phil at Sat Jul 12 12:56:03 2003
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