On 14/02/2013 Stephen Cameron wrote:
So, to me the really significant question regarding open-source software is this: Is it possible to undertake the development of a significant (in terms of person-years of effort), free and open-source software product from scratch.
It is: the Apache Software Foundation manages many very large projects, see http://projects.apache.org/indexes/quick.html
I don't think that there are too many examples around where such software is not developed by paid labour and management.
This is a different issue: part of the contributors help in their spare time, while part are sponsored by their employers to contribute to the project. See http://www.openoffice.org/why/why_volunteers.html
Regards, Andrea.
