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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?
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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?'''
 
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No, because there is no single 'conclusion' that a design must arrive at. 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. Beyond that, the design can be evolved in multiple directions by other interested parties who might need a particular variation.
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No, 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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Plenty of fine horses have been created within the open-source software world and it will be the same with design and engineering.
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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.

Latest revision as of 22:50, 21 November 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?

No, 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.