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A Curse of a White Elephant

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April 26, 2017
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A Curse of a White Elephant

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

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Richard Esplin

April 26, 2017
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Transcript

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

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  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