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Someone needs to tell all of those open source project things about this. They've been doing it wrong the whole time!
by Karrot_Kream 9y ago
Someone needs to tell all of those open source project things about this. They've been doing it wrong the whole time!
- jasode 9y agoOpen source development as "obvious" proof of remote work superiority is often brought up but proponents don't realize they aren't the same. E.g. open source project like Linux kernel where volunteers choose what they want to work on, with little or zero effects on careers for missing deadlines has different dynamics than businesses. If we want to convince businesses to adopt remote work, the Linux kernel is not a relevant example. Businesses have: 1) finite budget 2) deadlines 3) pressure to innovate for marketplace acceptance or go bankrupt We need a better explanation for why business-related success of Google Pagerank/Bigtable, Apple iPhone, Facebook, etc comes more from teams in the office rather than remote workers on Skype. The Linux project -- even though it is "successful" -- is not that explanation.
- svachalek 9y agoOpen source is wonderful but to be fair, it's rarely innovative. Nearly always, at least as the broadly used software like Linux, Apache, Firefox, etc go, it was developed in a traditional company environment before being released as OSS, or it's a clone of existing commercial software.
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