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This describes an open-source project. Since these developers are looking to make money from the project, their goal is to seek widespread adoption (just as a s
by anthuswilliams 16y ago
This describes an open-source project. Since these developers are looking to make money from the project, their goal is to seek widespread adoption (just as a startup would), and then market themselves as (extremely) highly-paid consultants charging top dollar for their expertise in the system they designed.
- andrewstuart 16y agoThe intended outcome is not open source projects but commercial products/services, companies owned by the developers.
- andrewhodel 16y agoI would say then use the same scenario with a bounty system. instead of paying with dollars, offer % of equity for reaching a goal on work done. this solves the issue of people arguing about fairness of ownership. with a bounty for equity you agreed to your share for your work beforehand.
- Mamady 16y agoWhich is exactly why taking short term unemployed developers is difficult to execute correctly. They will not be unemployed for long, which means that they get up and leave the project - taking with them domain knowledge. That knowledge is extremely expensive to pass on - it involves the startup having to "train" their next employee. Better to reduce churn and get permanent developers. This model only works for simple greenfield projects; as soon as you get complexity, it introduces dependancy of domain knowledge, which doesnt work with short term employees. Even in opensource projects, there are usually only a few core developers - i.e. the ones with domain knowledge. Everyone else submits small bug fixes/patches.