I thought I'd pose a question to you, for academic curiosity. For example, in my current line of work, cluster computing, there's a lot of possible funding models for supporting maintenance, and they all have different ~unintended consequences. (ex) You lose customers, waste cycles, delay research schedules, and they all have some other costs associated. Economics just works that way. <br>
<br>But in general, I wonder what produces the best outcomes for software development. It's an impossible question to answer without having much time to waste, so don't try too hard :)<br><br>Could a open-source project with a funding model lead to better code than a professional solution?<br>
<br>Could you just dangle some cash on the end of a string and the cats will just herd themselves?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Mathieu Bouchard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matju@artengine.ca">matju@artengine.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Sat, 19 Mar 2011, Bernardo Barros wrote:<br>
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Hello , Mathieu! Well, I did not refer to implementation of new features, but the maintenance of that code that already works, fixing bugs.<br>
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Ok, so, basically, buggy software gets rewarded for requests to fix bugs. Bugless software is not rewarded : it does not pay. Therefore we are encouraged to put enough bugs in there so that we get money. Nevermind the high-reliability ideals.<br>
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(Of course, don't let my comments prevent you from contributing money. I'm just trying to say that some assumptions about funding may encourage the wrong things and cause strange compensations.)<div><div></div><div class="h5">
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