They persevere, they don't "succeed". I know. I've been leading an open source project since 2001. The REAL question is how to make the software LIVE beyond the

They persevere, they don't "succeed". I know. I've been leading an open source project since 2001. The REAL question is how to make the software LIVE beyond the involvement of the authors. See: http://wstein.org/papers/talks/2016-06-sage-bp/bp.pdf http://wstein.org/papers/talks/2016-06-sage-bp/bp.pdf who left academia to try to make his software "succeed".