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Anyone have experience getting product involved in a community led open source project? Working with great product managers is the best bit of software engineer
by akdor1154 3y ago
Anyone have experience getting product involved in a community led open source project? Working with great product managers is the best bit of software engineering, but i can think of a billion ways that could go tits up if applied to a FOSS project.
- maccard 3y agoLots of projects have product "teams" that will say yay or nay to features. Most commercial open core products will expect justification for feature development. The problem (that I foresee at least) is that if a traditional product role stepped in and said "no" to a feature (e.g. a midi device) and that another feature should be prioritised (tablet support), the developers will just... leave (or fork).
- jorvi 3y agoWe have an apt saying in Dutch that applies to a lot of open source: “kikkers in kruiwagens” (“frogs in wheelbarrows”) It’s impossible to put anything but a small amount of frogs in one wheelbarrow, because whenever you try to keep or put back in one set of frogs, another few will get startled and jump out.