Why people develop open source software.
Ever wonder why people develop open source software? I know why I do, and it turns out there are several other categories of people as well. The Boston Consulting Group recently
completed a survey of open source developers to see why they do it. Be sure to check out the large PDF file there with all the details. Here are a few highlights:
Overall Hacker Motivations:
- Intellectually stimulating (44.9%)
- Improves skill (41.3%)
- Work functionality (33.8%)
- Code should be open (33.1%)
Other interesting tidbits:
- 70% of OSS developers are volunteers.
- Lack of sleep considered biggest cost of participation.
- 48.3% of developers stated that "When we prepare a program, it's just like composing poetry or music."
[from
Tim O'Reilly's weblog]
Posted by Eli at August 1, 2002 02:57 PM
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