An anonymous coward writes:
"An interesting article about the shift in open source from idealistic to pragmatic. The author compares the relative obscurity of FOSS software such as MediaGoblin and KDE's MakePlayLive co-op to commercial software. The article then goes on to discuss the split between FOSS's goal to provide freedom to users and to provide high-quality software. Also mentioned is the split between commercial and non-commercial FOSS."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Sunday March 23 2014, @06:40PM
Yes, there was and still is: have an itch that needs scratching. If you manage to scratch it good enough and make the code open, others may finish in using, improving it. The success is usually determined by:
1. how many others have the same itch
2. how well the FOSS code manage to scratch it.