How Important is Open Source Project Affiliation?

May 31, 2012 | Posted in: Business, Community, Developer | by

There are 32 flavors – and then some! – of open source projects, and selecting the “right” one for your needs is crucial.  As the latest Future of Open Source Survey suggested, many developers select projects based on the size of the community, availability of commercial support, and project maturity.  We’d like to take this question one step further and ask OSD readers:

We’re interested to hear your opinions on this subject, so make sure to share your thoughts in the comments!

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2 Responses to “How Important is Open Source Project Affiliation?”

  1. Paula Hunter #

    I think we often co-mingle open source development with open source usage. The difference being a collaborative development process vs. harvesting of open source code to fill a need. While there is cross-over, I am finding that new entrants (and yes there are many newbies) that are harvesters have very different expectations than developers that want help enhance a code base. Not sure of the sample size, but your data reflects that one size does not fit all.

    May 31, 2012 at 5:42 pm Reply
    • Dave Gruber #

      Great point, Paula. While the question asked here was targeted at the “harvester,” we will run another poll that focuses on the FOSS contributor to gain their perspective, too. Stay tuned!

      June 1, 2012 at 3:20 pm Reply

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