New Development Methodology - cultural

• People work (best) on what interests them

• Developers "Grew up with the Internet"

  • And exploit new Internet tools and culture
    • IRC (Internet Relay Chat) - almost realtime
    • Email
    • Web sites (magazines, both community and project) e.g. Slashdot, Freshmeat
    • CVS (distributed version control software)
    • Package management with dependency analysis
    • Tinderbox (continuous cross platform builds)
    • Bugzilla, LXR (cross referenced browsing of source)

• Collaborative internet tools pervade the culture

  • To participate in development, you need to understand the culture