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Article:
  Myths Open Source Developers Tell Ourselves
Subject:   The line between truth and fiction...
Date:   2003-12-12 18:20:11
From:   anonymous2
is very thin :)


Whilst I don't disagree with the majority of the article I do think that deciding to classify a 'stereotype' as a 'myth' is incorrect.


All of these points are true in some circumstances, or can become true at any point in a projects lifespan. Sure, in many many cases none of the above will happen, and a small one-man project will be doomed to obscurity.


But the other extreme can happen just as often.


(Oh, I do disagree with 'End users love tracking CVS' being a myth. Out of the 4 OSS projects I administer, all of our dedicated userbase tracks CVS :)

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