Re: Free content management

Curious... Would you, Gregor, ever choose a closed source system?
(have you?)

 From this description of your piece, one would think you are objective...


Gregor J. Rothfuss wrote:

> Philippe Baret wrote:
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> i am looking for some texts about management and "open" content, or 
>> may more generally, about management and free software. Does any 
>> anyone is aware of anything ?
>> In the field of "free" environment or "open" projects, management is 
>> clearly based on participation of the users. The efficiency of 
>> managers appears to be linked with popularity and enthusiasm rather 
>> than hierarchy and duty...
> 
> 
> you might find my thesis helpful:
> 
> http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/rotfuss.pdf
> 
> A Framework for Open Source Projects
> 
> The historical roots of Open Source are outlined. A comparison between 
> Open Source projects and classical projects highlights strengths and 
> weaknesses of both, and defines their attributes. Existing Open Source 
> theories are evaluated, and the requirements for a framework for Open 
> Source projects are determined. The framework introduces the notions of 
> actors, roles, areas, processes and tools, and depicts their 
> interrelationships in a matrix. Each aspect of the framework is then 
> further developed to serve both as a conceptual foundation for Open 
> Source and a help for organizing and managing Open Source projects.
>