Comment:"Every open source project runs into people who are selfish, uncooperative, and disrespectful. These people can silently poison the atmosphere of a happy developer community. Come learn how to identify these people and peacefully de-fuse them before they derail your project. Told through a series of (often amusing) real-life anecdotes and experiences." How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (And You Can Too) was a lecture delivered yesterday at OSCON by Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian W. Fitzpatrick of Google. http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/07/oscon_how_open_source_projects.html There are similarities. We're guinea pigs beta testing an experimental web community. Is sociological and psychological debugging... Mission Impossible? BTW, is SITO's code open source?
Description: Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick's excellent "How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People (And You Can Too)" presentation closed out my first day here at OSCON. Ben and Brian poured out their collective learning on how to manage poisonous... This may be from the website's own description.
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