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- <h1>The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software (Working Knowledge)</h1>
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<div class='details'>([Briefs] Sep 6, 2018 16:56 UTC (Thu) (corbet))</div>
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+ <li>Reference: <a href=''>0000764321</a></li>
<li>News link: <a href='https://lwn.net/Articles/764321/'>https://lwn.net/Articles/764321/</a></li>
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<div class='comment_content'><p></p><p>This is no surprise to me. Most of the open source software improvements that might help a competitor are too general in nature to really be giving the other guys a competitive advantage.</p><p></p><p>For instance, if Lyft contributed Linux kernel or PHP or Apache or whatever fixes, the benefit to Lyft of having that improved expertise far exceeds the general benefit to competitor Uber.</p><p></p></div>
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<div class='comment_content'><p></p><p>This is no surprise to me. Most of the open source software improvements that might help a competitor are too general in nature to really be giving the other guys a competitive advantage.</p><p></p><p>For instance, if Lyft contributed Linux kernel or PHP or Apache or whatever fixes, the benefit to Lyft of having that improved expertise far exceeds the general benefit to competitor Uber.</p><p></p></div>
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<div class='comment_content'><p></p><p>Even having to debate it seems so farcical. If you're worried about people who "do the same thing", the software they use is not the main differentiator. How your company is organized, how you treat your people and your customers, how you organized projects etc are huge, and software is ultimately minor. Fixes and changes to software? Incredibly minor.</p><p></p></div>
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<div class='comment_content'><p></p><p>Perhaps this is too dismissive, as there is the part about letting your programmers do their job to the best of their ability. That seems pretty big.</p><p></p></div>
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<div class='comment_content'><p></p><p>Perhaps this is too dismissive, as there is the part about letting your programmers do their job to the best of their ability. That seems pretty big.</p><p></p></div>
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