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== Why we should be more open ==
== Why we should be more open ==
(I wrote the following note in 2007 while still working at 1cc)
(I wrote the following note in 2007, while still working at 1cc)
Openness will be our greatest and most lasting strength. If we shy away
Openness will be our greatest and most lasting strength. If we shy away
projects out there.
projects out there.
But opening just the source without opening the rest of the
But opening just the source code without opening the rest of the
development process is a recurring pitfall in which even
development process to the community is a recurring pitfall in which
large corporates such as RedHat and Sun all fell, initially.
even large corporates such as RedHat and Sun all fell, initially.
I see us likely to fall into the same circular thinking that
I see us likely to fall into the same circular thinking that
"trying to involve external contributors does not pay off
"trying to involve external contributors does not pay off
because so far we've got so little external contributions".
because, so far, we've got so little external contributions".
I've heard the argument that "working on our platform would
be too hard for outside contributors". This can't possibly be
be too hard for outside contributors". This can't possibly be
true: projects like OpenWRT and the Linux kernel and dozens of
true: projects like OpenWRT and the Linux kernel and dozens of