Do you feel the huge influx of commercial development teams supporting open source is a good thing (e.g., IBM)?
--- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edmund Cramp Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:17 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Should tech companies be run by tyrants? The article makes its points and I don't think that they would come as a surprise to anyone who's been kicked through a few different companies over the years. It's much the same point that's made twenty years ago in The Mythical Man-Month - smaller teams are better than larger teams when it comes to successfully implementing an idea, program, hardware or concept. Apple is a good example of a company run from the top, and sadly, HP these days is an example of the failure of large teams - I think MS is somewhere in the middle these days. You also see a similar effect in the open source world - look back on the Linux kernel development from the first Bitnet announcement to today for example. Regards, Edmund Cramp -- Motion Lab Systems, Inc. 15045 Old Hammond Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 USA Tel: +1 (225) 272-7364 Fax: +1 (225) 272-7336 Web: http://www.motion-labs.com <http://www.motion-labs.com/> ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] Should tech companies be run by tyrants? Good article! http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/why-every-tech-firm-needs-a- tyrant-at-the-top-669583 The article discusses the issue of having too much management vs. a strong, central authority on top. It does mention Microsoft. Don't go on a rant. This is about management philosphy more than a specific company. ;-) --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/
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