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Shirky: Given Enough Eyeballs, Are Features Shallow?

Posted by timothy on from the magic-shiny-things dept.

cshirky writes "A persistent criticism of open source is that it is more about copying features than creating new ones. While this criticism is overblown, the literature of open source is richer on the subject of debugging than design. I've written an article about Ben Hammersley's LazyWeb.org, wondering whether open source methods plus RSS distribution can do for feature requests what open source already does for bug fixes, namely parallelize the problem in ways not available to closed source development methods."

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  1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    posted topic sure didn't provide much in the way of "source" material for in-soviet-russia jokes.

    mine sucked too (see a few posts down)

    hee hee

  2. No no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    where have your 1337 5ki77z gone to?

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA...

    • given enough balls, features eye you
    • given enough features, balls eye you
    • given enough eyes, features ball you


    • and so on...

      Come on, do us proud!
  3. Re:Too right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WTF are you talking about?

    Richard Stallman was a minor hippy celebrity in the 60s. He's totally irrelevant now, and uses public relations stunts to boost his dwindling media profile.

    The "freedom" he talks about is the freedom to walk about shopping malls wearing just a vest. Freedom to be a pervert in public is not a freedom worth protecting.

    You are totally offtopic! What has he got to do with computer software?

    I think you are on the wrong website, weirdo.

    -- RIP Biggie Smalls 1968-1994

  4. Chetta! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Mallu aano? Illengil, tamizh periyumo?

    Njan ninne kari vachhu thinnum! :-D

  5. Offtopic??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    does the fart-whiffing connoisseur who modded down the parent even know what language it was in???

    Now, crawl back to your mum's bleeding cunt and die of AIDS.

  6. My problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Every time I have a slow dance with a girl I get a hard on. It's really embarrasing because I just know that she can feel it. Then I will just have to run away in shame because she thinks I am some sort of sexual pervert and I will never get a date.

    1. Re:My problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Haven't you ever watched There's Something About Mary? You've got to "clean the pipes"! Have a vigorous wanking session before you go out with the girl. That'll put all your boner fears to rest. Of course, watch what you do with your spooge, otherwise it could end up on your earlobe, with embarrassing consequences.

  7. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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