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Open Source Organization Models Discussed

Posted by simoniker on from the rigidity-infers-stupidity? dept.

blogologue writes "Harvard Business School has an article up discussing The Organizational Model for Open Source. It has some good points, and I think it sums up what many of us know, but haven't quite been able to put into words yet: 'People are intimately aware of the fact that too much structure will disenfranchise the very people who make the most successful open source projects possible.'"

6 of 70 comments (clear)

  1. Surprising? by mikeophile · · Score: 5, Funny
    A surprising entity has emerged to protect the interests of open source software developers: the non-profit foundation.

    What's so surprising about that?

    Most open source projects have been non-profitable so far.

  2. Structure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    too much structure will disenfranchise the very people who make the most successful open source projects possible

    In other words, if you make open sores programmers move out of their parents basements, put on a decent set of clothing and get a haircut, they won't like you anymore.

    DUH!

  3. I Still Say... by Wes+Janson · · Score: 1, Funny


    2/3HBS=BS

  4. Didn't see "Organisational" by KDan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, and there I was thinking this article was going to be about top models taking on the Open Source cause and giving us all free porn...

    Daniel

    --
    Carpe Diem
  5. Re:Harvard's interest in OpenSource by Knife_Edge · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, eventually good ideas even trickle up to reach into the upper eschelons of management and academia. Where they are appropriated seamlessly, as if they originated there.

  6. Re:Sounds like Lava Flow... by DrCode · · Score: 2, Funny

    That reminds me: I worked for a company in the early 90's where I wrote quite a bit of the code in one of their software products. I left in 1997, came back around 2001, and was amused to see there was still "#ifdef PHARLAP286" code that the maintainers were afraid to remove.