Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

A Curse of a White Elephant

Sponsored · SiteGround - Reliable hosting with speed, security, and support you can count on. →
Avatar for Richard Esplin Richard Esplin
April 26, 2017
Technology
130
0

A Curse of a White Elephant

Why do commercial open source vendors find it so difficult to accept a community contribution?

Avatar for Richard Esplin

Richard Esplin

April 26, 2017

More Decks by Richard Esplin

See All by Richard Esplin
Open Source Product Strategy
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
200
Working Together to Build an Aries Application for Sovrin
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
69
Architecting a Modern Identity Solution
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
35
Hyperledger Identity Projects
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
1
130
Architecting a Modern Identity Solution
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
57
Distributed ledgers finally brought me a usable digital identity!
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
110
Distributed ledgers finally brought me a usable digital identity!
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
140
Lessons for Open Source from the French Revolution
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
58
Don't Kill Your Golden Goose?
Avatar for Richard Esplin resplin
0
85

Other Decks in Technology

See All in Technology
やさしいとこから始めるGitHubリポジトリのセキュリティ
Avatar for Yuta Matsumura tsubakimoto_s
3
2.1k
AIエージェント勉強会第3回 エージェンティックAIの時代がやってきた
Avatar for Y.Miyado ymiya55
0
200
第26回FA設備技術勉強会 - Claude/Claude_codeでデータ分析 -
Avatar for コロッケそば happysamurai294
0
320
I ran an automated simulation of fake news spread using OpenClaw.
Avatar for otsuka zzzzico
0
110
Oracle AI Database@Azure：サービス概要のご紹介
Avatar for oracle4engineer oracle4engineer
PRO
5
1.3k
AI時代のIssue駆動開発のススメ
Avatar for Atsushi Nakatsugawa moongift
PRO
0
330
Oracle AI Database@AWS：サービス概要のご紹介
Avatar for oracle4engineer oracle4engineer
PRO
3
2.1k
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure(OCI)：Onboarding Session(はじめてのOCI/Oracle Supportご利⽤ガイド)
Avatar for oracle4engineer oracle4engineer
PRO
2
17k
CloudFrontのHost Header転送設定でパケットの中身はどう変わるのか？
Avatar for nagisa_53 nagisa53
1
240
OpenClaw初心者向けセミナー / OpenClaw Beginner Seminar
Avatar for hiranofumio cmhiranofumio
0
170
40代からのアウトプット ― 経験は価値ある学びに変わる / 20260404 Naoki Takahashi
Avatar for SHIFT EVOLVE shift_evolve
PRO
4
700
SSoT（Single Source of Truth）で「壊して再生」する設計
Avatar for かわうそ kawauso
2
410

Featured

See All Featured
Fireside Chat
Avatar for paigeccino paigeccino
42
3.9k
How to Build an AI Search Optimization Roadmap - Criteria and Steps to Take #SEOIRL
Avatar for Aleyda Solis aleyda
1
2k
Improving Core Web Vitals using Speculation Rules API
Avatar for Sergey Chernyshev sergeychernyshev
21
1.4k
Embracing the Ebb and Flow
Avatar for Simon Collison colly
88
5k
Bash Introduction
Avatar for André Augusto Costa Santos 62gerente
615
210k
State of Search Keynote: SEO is Dead Long Live SEO
Avatar for Ryan Jones ryanjones
0
170
Into the Great Unknown - MozCon
Avatar for Noah Learner thekraken
40
2.3k
SERP Conf. Vienna - Web Accessibility: Optimizing for Inclusivity and SEO
Avatar for Sara Fernández Carmona sarafernandez
2
1.4k
Sharpening the Axe: The Primacy of Toolmaking
Avatar for Bryan Cantrill bcantrill
46
2.7k
Mozcon NYC 2025: Stop Losing SEO Traffic
Avatar for Sam Torres samtorres
0
190
Abbi's Birthday
Avatar for Violet Bock coloredviolet
2
6.2k
The State of eCommerce SEO: How to Win in Today's Products SERPs - #SEOweek
Avatar for Aleyda Solis aleyda
2
10k

Transcript

  1. A Curse of a White Elephant Richard Esplin, Alfresco

  2. None
  3. None
  4. None

  5. It is an honor to receive an open source contribution

  6. But it comes with a cost attached

  7. Accepting a contribution creates a commitment

  8. What could be a very long commitment . . .

  9. Triage and Review

  10. Vision and Roadmap

  11. Opportunity Cost

  12. Architectural Evolution

  13. Polish

  14. Documentation

  15. Training (internal and external)

  16. Support and Mainenance

  17. What is my point?

  18. Polite Disagreements Image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/soukup/5157560198

  19. We need to lower the cost of contributions

  20. Context

  21. Empathy

  22. Continue the conversation: http://community.alfresco.com