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On the surface, the open source software community has never been better. Companies and governments are adopting open source software at rates that would’ve been unfathomable 20 years ago, and a whole new generation of programmers are cutting their teeth on developing software in plain sight and making it freely available for anyone to use. Go a little deeper, however, and the cracks start to show.
The ascendancy of open source has placed a mounting burden on the maintainers of popular software, who now handle more bug reports, feature requests, code reviews, and code commits than ever before. At the same time, open source developers must also deal with an influx of corporate users who are unfamiliar with community norms when it comes to producing and consuming open source software. This leads to developer burnout and a growing feeling of resentment toward the companies that rely on free labor to produce software that is folded into products and sold back to consumers for huge profits.
The Free Rider Problem rears its head again?
(Score: 3, Touché) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday February 16 2019, @12:57AM (5 children)
You don't win with kindness. You win with force.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:02AM (3 children)
You don't win with kindness. You win with force.
We're talking about software bugs, not an enemy military. But maybe you have a point about force - you would need to apply it to me, as you certainly haven't persuaded me with your writing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:10AM (2 children)
As in, not at all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:24AM (1 child)
Ah, I see. Editing text == force. Got it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 16 2019, @11:44AM
Holey Shite! A Jedi master right here on SoylentNews!
"May the Text-editing be with you."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Codesmith on Saturday February 16 2019, @03:09PM
The problem with that argument and by extension, your kind of person, is that there's always somebody with more force. I have the abiltiy to be the bigger asshole, but I find it much more productive to work with those around me to achieve better results.
In the real world, acting as you do will, at best, get you kicked out of a group. Seeing as you are continuing to mumble on about your own aggrievement to me that either you have not yet had the lesson of the 'biggest stick' applied to you, or you're just a troll in mom's basement hoping she'll bring down your plate of nachos.
Pro utilitate hominum.