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0 pointsthe_gipsy4y ago0 comments

> Fact is: Developers are incapable of self organising, and would drown overnight without management's stiff hand.

Open source does self-organise, and manages to produce some products of exceptional quality. It’s just almost completely unsteerable.

In a company, you can pretend to order people around. But the truth is that what really matters is how all the personal and political goals happen to align.

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mgbmtl4y ago

I think the difference is having a leader vs shepherds. Most open source projects have shepherds who do a lot of invisible work.

The project I work on has around 100 regular contributors, but also a few small teams, either volunteer or staff, who meet regularly and make sure things move forward in a coherent and sustainable way.

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0 pointsthe_gipsy4y ago0 comments

> Fact is: Developers are incapable of self organising, and would drown overnight without management's stiff hand.

Open source does self-organise, and manages to produce some products of exceptional quality. It’s just almost completely unsteerable.

In a company, you can pretend to order people around. But the truth is that what really matters is how all the personal and political goals happen to align.

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mgbmtl4y ago

I think the difference is having a leader vs shepherds. Most open source projects have shepherds who do a lot of invisible work.

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