Re: Open Source

[Simon Cozens <simon@example.com>]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:04:02PM +0900, Jonathan Shore wrote:
> One would have to manage the project if you want to be certain that your
> goals are achieved and that they are achieved according to the priorities
> that you have.  This is hard work, requires time to get people involved, and
> will be difficult to control. 
>...
> in many cases a distributed open-source approach might be the
> optimial strategy long term (not to mention giving back to the community).
> In other cases it is not at all viable - for reasons stated earlier.

Poppycock. You have to do all this infrastructure development anyway,
whether you run your shop open or closed source.

Or do all your closed source projects "manage themselves"?

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