Plone: The DNA of a Successful Open Source Community

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This is the slides and audio of a talk I gave at the University of Bristol to a class of 2nd year Computer Science students as part of an Advanced Software Engineering module. The talk was on the symbiotic relationship between an SME software company (Netsight) and an Open Source Community (Plone).

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The DNA of a
Successful Open Source
Community
Matt Hamilton

Wednesday, 16 November 11

Plone is among the top 2% of all open source projects
worldwide, with 340 core developers and more than 300
solution providers in 57 countries. The project has been
actively developed since 2001, is available in more than 40
languages, and has the best security track record of any
major CMS.
It is owned by the Plone Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-
profit organization, and is available for all major operating
systems.
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Structure of the
Community

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• Distributed Team Communication
• Source Control
• Test Driven Development

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• Dealing with non-developers
• Software and the corporate culture
• Software is read more than it's written
• Understanding technical debt.

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Questions?
matth@netsight.co.uk

Wednesday, 16 November 11

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Plone: The DNA of a Successful Open Source Community

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32. Image Credits • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ zarprey/1327377346/ miziodel/5123904718 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ mindmob/46987835 tbrandles/6326572562 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ • https://picasaweb.google.com/ kteague/278135607/ 115189453091926671125/ PloneConference2011PyramidSp • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ rint natea/364723315 • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ rockyburt/143382113 davisagli/5133193074/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ reebalazs/97112969 Wednesday, 16 November 11

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