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I would not describe many open source projects as designed-by-committee, and while open source might be less suited for exploratory research there have been qui
by jeltz 8y ago
I would not describe many open source projects as designed-by-committee, and while open source might be less suited for exploratory research there have been quite many novel things first implemented in open source projects. Look at the various video codecs or the innovations in compiler technology gcc has contributed to, or the plenty of innovations made in various open source databases.
- Xorlev 8y agoMuch of the Apache foundation projects come to mind when thinking about the GP's assertion, though certainly it doesn't hold for all projects: many are fairly novel and exploratory.
- nwah1 8y agoThere are a number of them like git and bitcoin which start out with one guy building a novel algorithm and then releasing the source to the world afterwards. The definition of open source might include such a thing, but a project that originates from a lone genius rather than a community is not what is usually meant when people speak of open source.