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On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 07:28:52AM -0600, Roberts, Jon wrote:
[...]
> What happens when a person adds a feature or changes the architecture of the
> database that is perceived by some as incorrect or going in the wrong
> direction?
(S)he gets to hold onto her/his own version. If there is enough power
behind both variants, a fork might happen.
Forks are not bad per se -- on the contrary, the variants can explore
a wider area of design space. If they stay sufficiently open, they later
steal ideas (and even code) from each other. Think genetic algorithms on
a global scale ;-)
But now it's definitely off-topic, so I'll shut up already.
Regards
- -- tomás
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