Economically Rational?
By way of /. I read this. The article is interesting but the really interesting part for the current discussion is in section 4.1 where it states.
Consequently, it makes little sense for the economically rational software developer to invest time in commercial open source. The value these developers create is tied to the product and the owning company. Unless the product is in wide use or the developer wants to work only for this one company, it makes more sense to invest time in a community open source project.
Projects in wide use can still make sense to get involved in, but it makes more sense as a developer (economically) to get involved in community owned projects.
You will find the following link on a similar research equally interesting:
http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-4036.html
“Microsoft has commissioned an investigation into the differences between software delivery models using open source and closed source development paradigms. ....”
Sam
Posted by Sam on April 15, 2007 at 11:15 AM MDT #