On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Aryeh Gregor <simetrical+wikil...@gmail.com> wrote: >.... > > Is vendor-to-customer development more efficient than peer-to-peer in > the end? A lot of open-source projects (e.g., Firefox) have as many > features as their closed-source counterparts, on a much smaller > budget. > ... >... Empirically, this seems like a very > effective approach for organizations that don't have much money, like > Wikimedia or Mozilla. Open-source software is turned out on far lower > budgets than typical commercial software.
Mozilla is an excellent example of a non-profit organisation who also have a similar policy of expecting their staff to do their work out in the open, and they regularly recruit from within their community. Read more about their governance, etc here http://www.mozilla.org/about/governance.html See point 8 of the Mozilla Manifesto http://www.mozilla.org/about/manifesto "8. Transparent community-based processes promote participation, accountability, and trust." You can see a list of their mailing lists here: http://www.mozilla.org/community/forums/ .. including a vibrant list about governance ;-) http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.governance They do have private lists as well, and (had?) a private bug database for in-the-wild security issues, however these are subject to review http://wiki.mozilla.org/GovernanceIssues#Shouldn.27t-Be-Private_Mailing_Lists -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
