User talk:ParitoshPungaliya

Open Source in real life problems-

What is Open Source?

Fully Transparent – Unrestricted access to Information Collaborative – Equal opportunity participation Democratic – Where decisions follows people

How does Open Source work?

Granularization of complex projects (break-up in smaller components) makes them more manageable and makes it easier for more number of people to participate.

What’s Level of innovation that takes place in Open Source?

In the conventional system Idea generation is generally part of team which identifies the problem and others follow their instructions. But in Open Source it is different. People who identify or come across a problem put it on the Web Experts of relevant fields come together and discuss online and solve the problem The task of solving for the problem identifier may be difficult but for some other person the solution may already be known. TRIZ (from study of 2 lacs patents) shows that 99% of the patents are repetitions i.e. application of same idea in different field or in different way.

Can Open Source really work? Open Source in its mature project is not just working but creating unbelievable business models. For example, - IBM has described itself as investing more than a billion dollars in free software developers, hired programmers to help develop the Linux kernel and other free software; and donated patents to the Free Software Foundation

Can Open Source works in real world architecture? If more than 10,000 people located in remote locations, can work on Linux and take it to a level where 80% critical application run on it then why can’t 200 people together operate a Retail store under same management model? Why can’t a team of 20 to 40 people design m/c or other architecture in open design? People are willing but….

What is required is: - Unrestricted communication ability - Open Source Management Model - External support till it reaches its critical mass (number of people required for project) Does Open Source avoids competition? As the whole knowledgebase is open any person can do (in fact puts the system to the optimum competitive state where continuously alternates are created and best survives) major or incremental modification and use it rather than avoiding competition. But in competition there are few winners and many losers as can be seen from current state of economy. So what’s the Difference? The difference is the losers also get the equal access to final winning solution.

But why would someone work for free? - Fun, enjoyment and artistry in solving problems - Reputation among co-operators - Gain knowledge and learn by contributing - Doing something good Also projects which already achieved critical mass under Open Source are covered by GPL…so any modifications have to be made open.

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