Really well written piece with wonderful points that I just have to agree with, thanks!

However; personally I have to confess I don't consider splintering, forking, or wild goose hunts waste at all. As long as everything is kept open nothing people make is ever lost but stays in recach as a resource to be tapped into if needed; it is a richness that just cannot be had in corporate-governance commercial closed source world.

It is pure silliness to think we would fare better if all swdevs started to pull in the same direction, to do that would be to lose the passion that drives you forward!

All hail to chaos and wildflowers!