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Selling Open Source

June 13th, 2005

An editorial I wrote on selling open source is up at Doctor Dobb’s Journal. It uses the state of Python web programming frameworks to make a broader point about the need for more egoless programming in the open source world.

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  1. arkady
    June 19th, 2005 at 20:14 | #1
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    “Sometimes, sharing code isn’t enough; sometimes, the best thing you can do is volunteer to throw yours away.”

    and than what kind of compensation Open Source developer has ? how paricipating in the large Open Source project is different from working in any commercial company ? and it is not only about ego. the problem as i see it is that in many cases to bring new idea into the official release even tougher than to plug it (under the carpet) into commercial product.

    i think that time will inevitably take care of these problems. typical development time in the Open Source projects tends to be long. lack of any kind of time-tables is both weaknees and strength of Open Source. we have to prepare to wait and eventually we will see clear leader.

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