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A little cartoon and article popped up on the Pharo mailing list and I thought it was relevant :)

Dale

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Subject:	Re: [Pharo-users] The Ultimate Smalltalk Tutorial
Date:	Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:53:15 -0700
From:	Dale Henrichs [hidden email]
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On 10/26/16 12:13 PM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas wrote:

Hi,

On the issue of contributing to Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects, I have been reading recently Nadia Eghbal and her analysis that confirm that most FLOSS projects are done by individuals and small teams, which is contrary to the bazaar narrative. This comic shows the point:

and you can find more details here: https://medium.com/@nayafia/what-success-really-looks-like-in-open-source-2dd1facaf91c#.e360z53sf

After skimming the actual article and finding that the points made in the article are valid I would have wished that the right panel in the cartoon had said "one more pull request before going to bed" since that is closer to what the article is about ... an active, community that contributes is also an important component and something that Pharo/Smalltalk community does indeed have.

Dale

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Re: Fwd: The Ultimate Smalltalk Tutorial

It is funny how the software development process had evolved. First there were passionate individuals making tremendous progress with pride in their work. Then more developers were added to teams to "increase productivity". Coordination challenges caused bugs and disagreement. SDLC age was born, analysis and design process exploded development costs and demotivated best contributors. Lots of finger pointing and long development cycles in which major bugs took more work to avoid than fix. Agile and continuous integration to the rescue, it allowed good contributors to cut through the overhead and be productive again. Alas, we still have scrum meetings to share status (and often details) that few others really appreciate anyway. Most advancements still come from passionate developers that are actively managing code that they have personal pride in.

Paul Baumann

On Oct 26, 2016 3:55 PM, "Dale Henrichs via Glass" <[hidden email]> wrote:

A little cartoon and article popped up on the Pharo mailing list and I thought it was relevant :)

Dale

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Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] The Ultimate Smalltalk Tutorial

Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:53:15 -0700

From: Dale Henrichs [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

On 10/26/16 12:13 PM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas wrote:

Hi,

On the issue of contributing to Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects, I have been reading recently Nadia Eghbal and her analysis that confirm that most FLOSS projects are done by individuals and small teams, which is contrary to the bazaar narrative. This comic shows the point:

and you can find more details here: https://medium.com/@nayafia/what-success-really-looks-like-in-open-source-2dd1facaf91c#.e360z53sf

After skimming the actual article and finding that the points made in the article are valid I would have wished that the right panel in the cartoon had said "one more pull request before going to bed" since that is closer to what the article is about ... an active, community that contributes is also an important component and something that Pharo/Smalltalk community does indeed have.

Dale

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