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Status probably trumps all three. I'd attribute most of github's popularity to the desire for status.
by richcollins 17y ago
Status probably trumps all three. I'd attribute most of github's popularity to the desire for status.
- jazzdev 17y agoYep. Eric Raymond has a good write-up of this phenomenon, which is called a gift culture. http://catb.org/esr/writings/homesteading/homesteading/ar01s06.html http://catb.org/esr/writings/homesteading/homesteading/ar01s... the society of open-source hackers is in fact a gift culture... in which the only available measure of competitive success is reputation among one's peers. But I think that only applies to open source, not to what we do for a living.