Open source doesn't do camels
Something for open source doubters to think about!
From Nicholas Carr on opensource talking about The Ignorance of Crowds:
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We shouldn’t dismiss lightly the propensity for opensource to innovate, to augment innovation and to accelerate innovation, for the following reasons:
The diversity inherent in the crowd creates long-tail effects, and this causes the bazaar to come up with stuff that the cathedral wouldn’t consider; in cases where the cathedral does consider the innovation, the bazaar is often faster and cheaper; and finally, while tight coordination by central authority seems a worthwhile thing, we should not forget the number of camels designed by committees.
In fact that’s one of the key stanchions of opensource communities. They don’t do camels.
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