This article is better than most on the subject. I thought the analogy to communism weak but some of other points good. This was very true: What have you d

This article is better than most on the subject. I thought the analogy to communism weak but some of other points good. This was very true: What have you done? Sure, very few users are software engineers, but that doesn’t mean they can’t help. Bug reports are just as important as patches. Ideas and suggestions for improvements are highly valued as well. Don’t sit in the shadows doing nothing - step into the light and do something to help your favorite project get a little bit better. Step by step. Fix by fix. Improvement by improvement. This is how good software gets created. For me I have been on the sidelines my whole career - and he is right. Should try to rectify this.