To some degree. People working for a company are fewer in number and more likely to stop programming "when it works," because that's all they get paid for. On the other hand, open-source developers are larger in number and more generous.
So the corporate developer is thinking "how fast can I get my to-do list done?" while the open-source developer is thinking "how good can I make this and what else could I add to make it better?"
Another key difference is that corporations spend lots of money doing research to decide what kind of features people like. Wouldn't it make more sense to ask us directly? Well, yes. That's what the open-source community does.
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To some degree. People working for a company are fewer in number and more likely to stop programming "when it works," because that's all they get paid for. On the other hand, open-source developers are larger in number and more generous.
So the corporate developer is thinking "how fast can I get my to-do list done?" while the open-source developer is thinking "how good can I make this and what else could I add to make it better?"
Another key difference is that corporations spend lots of money doing research to decide what kind of features people like. Wouldn't it make more sense to ask us directly? Well, yes. That's what the open-source community does.