tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30455862.post150751290653023152..comments2023-10-08T05:09:13.241-04:00Comments on Venture Cyclist: Dreaming in CodeRichard Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448253376155772966noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30455862.post-17479397458325503022007-07-20T00:33:00.000-04:002007-07-20T00:33:00.000-04:00In my view the group that suggested that communal ...In my view the group that suggested that communal effort should be limited to software improvements failed to understand what drives the open source movement which is the "ownership" members feel of the software (See the book The Starfish and the Spider http://www.starfishandspider.com)<BR/><BR/>A community is not interested in improving someone else's software, rather they are invested in improving something that they created. "People own what they create" was stated by Myron Rogers a well known expert in large scale change management. It may take a lone programmer or well managed team to start software but it will take a corporation to sustain it. <BR/><BR/>Naava Frank - www.knowledgecommunities.orgNaava Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004862806947496479noreply@blogger.com