Comments on: Open Source vs. uISVs — Some Myths That Need To Die http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/08/23/open-source-vs-uisvs-some-myths-that-need-to-die/ B2C stands for "Bingo To Customer" Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Procurement Central » Blog Archive » Popular Post on Open Source vs. Micro ISVs http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/08/23/open-source-vs-uisvs-some-myths-that-need-to-die/#comment-228 Procurement Central » Blog Archive » Popular Post on Open Source vs. Micro ISVs Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:02:05 +0000 https://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/open-source-vs-uisvs-some-myths-that-need-to-die/#comment-228 [...] Who knew Bingo Card Creators had so much insight into software development :) Read Patrick McKenzie’s views. Also, check out the stats and analysis on open source communities by Sandeep Krishnamurthy. [...] [...] Who knew Bingo Card Creators had so much insight into software development :) Read Patrick McKenzie’s views. Also, check out the stats and analysis on open source communities by Sandeep Krishnamurthy. [...]

]]> By: Doug http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/08/23/open-source-vs-uisvs-some-myths-that-need-to-die/#comment-227 Doug Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:28:08 +0000 https://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/08/23/open-source-vs-uisvs-some-myths-that-need-to-die/#comment-227 Patrick, from my experience running a decent sized open source project, the following article "Cave or Community?" paints a fairly accurate picture of OSS development. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/krishnamurthy/ Many projects are one-man shows and there are no "million eyes" scowering the code for bugs. If it weren't for these projects leaders, a lot of the boring tasks of software development would never get completed, and there would be no product. Open Source is here to stay, but it will never displace commercial software development. Patrick, from my experience running a decent sized open source project, the following article “Cave or Community?” paints a fairly accurate picture of OSS development.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/krishnamurthy/

Many projects are one-man shows and there are no “million eyes” scowering the code for bugs. If it weren’t for these projects leaders, a lot of the boring tasks of software development would never get completed, and there would be no product.

Open Source is here to stay, but it will never displace commercial software development.

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