Open source is a company; social media is a country

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Tue Mar 17 06:44:16 UTC 2009


Hi,

Another post reninforcing the idea of meritocracy over democracy in Fedora

http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2009/03/open-source-is-a-company-social-media-is-a-country.html

"Many people mistakenly think that open source projects are emergent,
self-organized and democratic. The truth is just the opposite: most are
run by a benevolent dictator or two. What makes successful open source
projects is leadership, plain and simple. One or two people articulate a
vision, start building towards it and bring others on board with
specific tasks and permissions. The best projects are the ones with the
best leaders."

Rahul




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