Difference between revisions of "Open collaborative design/Isn't this design by committee?"
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| − | It has been said that a camel is a horse designed by committee... Won't this development model just create a herd of camels? | + | '''It has been said that a camel is a horse designed by committee... Won't this development model just create a herd of camels?''' |
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Not at all, because there is no single 'conclusion' that a design must arrive at (unlike a committee's decision). As with software, it might be that an original design is created by a single motivated individual, or a small group of people with a common purpose and shared vision, but beyond that the design can be evolved in multiple directions by other interested parties who might need a particular variation. | Not at all, because there is no single 'conclusion' that a design must arrive at (unlike a committee's decision). As with software, it might be that an original design is created by a single motivated individual, or a small group of people with a common purpose and shared vision, but beyond that the design can be evolved in multiple directions by other interested parties who might need a particular variation. | ||
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Many [[Examples of free and open-source software|fine horses]] have been created within the open-source software world and it will be the same with design and engineering. | Many [[Examples of free and open-source software|fine horses]] have been created within the open-source software world and it will be the same with design and engineering. | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 7 October 2008
It has been said that a camel is a horse designed by committee... Won't this development model just create a herd of camels?
Not at all, because there is no single 'conclusion' that a design must arrive at (unlike a committee's decision). As with software, it might be that an original design is created by a single motivated individual, or a small group of people with a common purpose and shared vision, but beyond that the design can be evolved in multiple directions by other interested parties who might need a particular variation.
Many fine horses have been created within the open-source software world and it will be the same with design and engineering.
