Well, it seems like there exists a tradeoff between code quality and profits. Profits provide incentive, and therefore pressure, which manifests itself in deadl

Well, it seems like there exists a tradeoff between code quality and profits. Profits provide incentive, and therefore pressure, which manifests itself in deadlines. If we think of deadlines as time windows, then the tradeoff is really between code quality and time. Everyone knows this; rushing through projects will reduce their quality. Given all this, it should not be surprising that corporate code is “lower quality” than OSS. The authors of each are optimizing for different metrics. It’s only weird if you think companies are irrational for prioritizing deadlines over code quality.