Software Programs

CLOSED SOURCE

CLOSED SOURCE

Limitations

Administration Power

Lack of personal upgrades

...

Benefits

Professional product edition

Talented and skilled team

Meritocracy

Donations and subsidies

Team work

Cathedral Model

Built by "individual [and talented] wizards"

Restricted access to the original source code

High copyrights laws

Internet

Speed

Efficiency

Cheapness

"The Cathedral and the Bazaar", by Eric Raymond

OPEN SOURCE

OPEN SOURCE

Limitations

Lack of coordination

Lack of stimulation

False democracy

Ignorance of crowds

Unfinished product

Less privacy and security

Benefits

Speed on debugging

Crowd diversity

Different agendas

Different approaches

Different ways of seeing

Requires little coordination

Collect and cathegorize information

Costumer loyalty

Free

Bazaar Model

Create and manage value

Peer production

Every person

Ideas

Thoughts

Beliefs

Every company

Ideas

Thoughts

Beliefs

Central Authority

Syntethise

Choose

Meld

Redistribute the work

Global innovation

Refining old programs

Wikipedia

«a strenght becomes a weakness»

Linux