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"Small Team Closed Source" vs "Large Team Open Source"

Which is better?

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Bryan Lunduke
Dec 09, 2021
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I was recently asked the following question:

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Trevor T@TrevorTomesh
So -- @TheLunduke; what's do you prefer: - small closed source projects (e.g. Sublime) - large open source projects (e.g. VSCode)? I've been wresting with this question.
11:15 PM · Nov 12, 2021

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And, honestly, it’s one heck of a good question.

Which is better? A handful of people working on a Closed Source piece of software… or a large group of people working on an Open Source piece of software?

Here’s my thoughts on that.

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