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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.'"

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  1. The ultimate open-source organisation model: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Goodwill.

  2. Dijkstra's Papers by Hubert+Q.+Gruntley · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A short while ago, Dijkstra's papers were made available online. Slashdot article here.

    A pervasive theme was that managers don't like exceptional people... he decried "the collectivist desire to play down the potential role of the individual." Managers always scorn rugged individualists because they mess up the well ordered meetings.

    This may be the reason, and the only reason, why open source is successful: because we've invented a system where brilliant individuals can work together.

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