Bernie
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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 | ||
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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 | ||