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Inside Open Source

Inside the open-source development model | CNET News.com. The article is a special imput from Harvard Business School’s HBS Working Knowledge. The discussion; about the hackers in the opensource community and the introduction of large businesses supporting the opensource.

“Programmers contribute to free software and open-source projects for many reasons–some for the fun of it, some to improve their skills and others for a paycheck.”

Harvard Business School professor Siobhan O’Mahony discusses her research in the article.

“No community-managed software project wants to be “taken over” or co-opted by one firm.”

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