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Myths About Open Source Development

Posted by michael on from the hard-truth dept.

jpkunst writes "A thought-provoking article by chromatic on oreillynet, listing eight "myths" that Open Source developers tell themselves. For example: Myth: Publicly releasing open source code will attract flurries of patches and new contributors. Reality: You'll be lucky to hear from people merely using your code, much less those interested in modifying it."

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  1. It was obvious by flicken · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See my almost identical comment, which was unfortunately submitted too slow.

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  2. Re:her work by pclminion · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Umm... how about never? Well I sure don't know any female developers anyway.

    Congratulations... You've just proven that you live in your mother's basement.