Comments on: Legitimacy and Open Source http://boldlyopen.com/2006/11/07/legitimacy-and-open-source/ To boldly muse about Open Source Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Taran Rampersad http://boldlyopen.com/2006/11/07/legitimacy-and-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-12174 Taran Rampersad Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:14:44 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/?p=172#comment-12174 It's a good opinion piece (and this grey in the comment area is killing my eyes), but it's only your perspective... and I can't say that I agree. I probably know quite a few people who could do useful things in the Free Software and Open Source communities who aren't loved by Google; there is a balance between elitism and meritocracy which has to be afforded. Plus, nobody starts off well known. As a meritocracy, let them fall on their faces or let them fly like eagles. And if they are competitors, you're better off overestimating them than underestimating them. ;-) It’s a good opinion piece (and this grey in the comment area is killing my eyes), but it’s only your perspective… and I can’t say that I agree. I probably know quite a few people who could do useful things in the Free Software and Open Source communities who aren’t loved by Google; there is a balance between elitism and meritocracy which has to be afforded.

Plus, nobody starts off well known.

As a meritocracy, let them fall on their faces or let them fly like eagles. And if they are competitors, you’re better off overestimating them than underestimating them. ;-)

]]> By: Yoav Shapira http://boldlyopen.com/2006/11/07/legitimacy-and-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-12155 Yoav Shapira Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:36:48 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/?p=172#comment-12155 I don't think you're exaggerating at all: you're right on. To be respected in the public FOSS world, one needs to have earned and demonstrated merit. Since by definition virtually all FOSS work records are public, and since search engines are pretty good at indexing these records, one would expect high, relevant, and specific hit counts for people who claim to have such merit. I don’t think you’re exaggerating at all: you’re right on. To be respected in the public FOSS world, one needs to have earned and demonstrated merit. Since by definition virtually all FOSS work records are public, and since search engines are pretty good at indexing these records, one would expect high, relevant, and specific hit counts for people who claim to have such merit.

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