From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david.heinemeier@...>
Date: 2005-10-29T02:34:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Rails version of osCommerce in PHP?

> WRT osCommerce or any other call to action to build an app... it's been
> my experience that there are 2 types of open source / community apps:
> 1) the kind where someone wants to rally a bunch of people to help them
> build something (not very successfully) and 2) the kind where someone
> takes an initial stab at doing something, then releases it to the
> community and asks for help (way more successful, provided it shows
> promise).

I too believe this dichotomy to have a strong correlation to failure
and success. An invitation for participation before you have something
real is a kiss of death. Before there is something with vision,
something that works, you should nod and smile, but kindly ask people
to stay patient.

Code first, ask questions later.
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