What could be done to improve the OM development process?
Jay Vaughan
jayv at synth.net
Wed Aug 13 17:04:47 CEST 2008
> Explain to me the reasoning behind forking the software at this point.
> What does it accomplish, besides paying lip service
> to choice? I'm thinking of the Bible story of Solomon and the two
> mothers here. What good is half a baby? Wait until there's something
> /worth/ forking.
> Can anyone name a product that succeeded by encouraging everyone to
> fork
> immediately? I can't think of any examples. F/OSS gives you the
> /ability/ to fork, but that doesn't
> mean it's always a good idea or a goal in and of itself. In fact, I
> think the decision to fork is one that should be made with some
> gravity. There's a whole world between the cathedral and
> the bazaar.
It really boils down to this: encouraging mass forkage in the
community is a closed-sourcers weapon against the establishment of a
stable community. Microsoft - and others who wish to combat the open
source phenomenon - widely encourage forking as it is a sure-fire way
to kill public interest in a project. After all, with too many forks,
eventually people give up in the confusion.
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Jay Vaughan
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