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Not organizational pressures so much but personal politics moreso as there probably quite a few subpar solutions in the kernel because of egos, etc.
by nwmcsween 9y ago
Not organizational pressures so much but personal politics moreso as there probably quite a few subpar solutions in the kernel because of egos, etc.
- taeric 9y agoIsn't this exactly like in corporations?
- dredmorbius 9y agoInterpersonal relations are probably more fluid and less persistant than organisational ones. Organisations are a superset of people, and demonstrate their own emergent properties, most notably organisational persistence beyond the founding remit. People tend not to outlive their founding remit. There's also the (general) case that kernel development doesn't create the self-propogating and self-funding structures you'll find within commercial (or even not-for-profit) organisations. All of which suggests a possibly looser binding strength. The possibility of an alternative development effort tackling a similar problem, under a different group and structure, and being considered not on profitability but on fitness to task likely also helps (modulo inefficiencies in assessing that fitness).