Designed not to scale | Linux Today

Designed not to scale

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 6, 2010

[ Thanks to Asheesh Laroia for
this link. ]

“For most open source projects, just one new
contributor would mean a huge increase in energy. As a team member,
what can you do to find that person?

“Typically, we configure computers to converse with prospective
helpers. This “scales” — a new contributor requests a page
from your wiki or searches the OpenHatch volunteer opportunity
finder, and you don’t have to do anything at all. If things work
out, the patches flow in.

“This time, I want to talk about outreach strategies where human
effort is the bottleneck.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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