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Typical open-source project development strategies work well for free software but don't flourish in commercial settings, according to one expert. Jim Herbsleb, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University's International School of Computer Science, part of the Institute for Software Research, previously worked at Bell Labs at Lucent Technologies Inc., where he studied why open-source projects such as Apache have been so successful in employing a distributed development method. He spoke at the Open Source Conference in Toronto this week.
discusses both strengths and weaknesses of open source. Better described as differences. Interesting comments on how things changed in Eclipse project when it went open.
It is a misleading title, The article itself is fair and balanced. Contrasting FOSS, and closed source developement. Highlighting IBM's developer changes as they Open sourced Eclipse last year.
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