@article {317, title = {Community 101}, journal = {Open Source Business Resource}, year = {2010}, month = {01/2010}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, type = {Articles}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Recently, a quote stirred some controversy among my peers. The part about "results are not the point" was hard for some people to understand and come to grips with. Aren{\textquoteright}t results always the point? Well, as with most things, "It depends". The people and community that evolve around an open source software project will ultimately determine its success. Even if the core team launches the project with spectacular productivity and results, this phase of evolution will be fleeting if the necessary processes and community to make the project a long lasting success are not put into place. This article presents some of the actions open source community leaders can take to ensure not only results, but a system that encourages productivity and longevity.}, issn = {1913-6102}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/317}, author = {Brent McConnell} }