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Open source… the dumpster of the startup world.
by johncoltrane 12y ago
Open source… the dumpster of the startup world.
- bhouston 12y agoThe quality of open source from startups vary significantly, but so does open source in general.
- forkandwait 12y agoThe quality of software varies significantly in general, we just get to see the open source.
- mahouse 12y agoThis is a very disrespectful comment.
- nirvdrum 12y agoWell, the parts I could integrate with upstream projects, such as Selenium, I already had. Much of the remaining stuff is useful in its domain and small enough in scope where on-going development really shouldn't be necessary. And the parts I thought would essentially be "dumped", I opted not to open source for precisely that reason.
- zwetan 12y agowow, take a good hard look at what would be the software world without OSS I don't want to go into a rant or anything but really your comment is wrong at so many level dumpster ? as if open source could only result from some failed attempt
- stevewilhelm 12y agoWhile this comment is poorly expressed, I would guess that the majority of Open Source projects atrophy very quickly. Would be interesting to see how many Github projects have regular monthly updates after 12 months, 24 months, etc.
- pnathan 12y agoI don't know how successful I am, but I strive to ensure that my code (mostly common lisp libraries) doesn't need regular updates.