> One person can drive off many potential contributors, and a steady flow of contributors is often more critical to a project than any one person. The same is

> One person can drive off many potential contributors, and a steady flow of contributors is often more critical to a project than any one person. The same is thought across corporations: process (an equivalent for potential contributors) is valued over any single employee; corporations don't like to rely on a sole worker. And guess what? It doesn't work in favour of innovation or good craftsmanship. It may be somewhat different in open source projects, as contributing is way easier and requires much less commitment than changing jobs (the nature of things can change in surprising ways as the numbers grow), but personally I doubt it.