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Open Source Developed by Individuals, Not Large Groups

Posted by timothy on from the startling-conclusions dept.

AlainRoy writes "A new article was just published in First Monday, which suggests that most open source projects have rather few developers." He excerpts from the study, done by Sandeep Krishnamurthy: "Based on a study of the top 100 mature products on Sourceforge...most OSS programs are developed by individuals, rather than communities. The median number of developers in the 100 projects I looked at was 4 and the mode was 1."

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  1. Slashdot Read by Individuals, Not Large Groups by tps12 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They are dorks also.

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  2. Brats by litewoheat · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    This is because most OSS programmers are whiny little kids who don't work together well. Just look at the flame fests within the Linux community. Its only a matter of time before Linux forks dramatically with people (like JWZ (not JWZ, like JWZ)) taking their toys and going elsewhere. OSS was doomed from the start. This is not utopia. Everyone is not "in it" for the common good. OSS depends on that and that is its biggest weakness.