For my talk I shared a few recent thoughts about open source communities, how they are influenced by the businesses that adopt their software, and how Ember's priorities can be thought about in 2016. A lot of this talk was inspired by and referenced Larry Wall's essay Diligence, Patience, and Humility (http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/larry.html).
10. I'm still a little bit of the onion. Most of the mass is in
the outer layers. But here I sit in the middle. I get a bit
of honor for my historical signi?cance, but in actual
fact, most people see the outside of the onion, not the
inside. Unless they make onion rings. But even then,
the bigger rings have more to them than the smaller
rings. Let that be a lesson to those of youwhowish to
be "inner ringers." That's notwhere the real power is.
Not in this movement, anyway.
Larry Wall, 1999
32. Large companies need
di?erent things than
smaller companies
Bigger audiences mean a diverse set?
of devices, which mean performance concerns
33. Large companies need
di?erent things than
smaller companies
Bigger audiences mean a diverse set?
of devices, which mean performance concerns
Bigger teams need technology soluWons?
to organizaWonal challenges
71. The bigger rings have more to them than the smaller
rings. Let that be a lesson to those of youwhowish to
be "inner ringers." That's notwhere the real power is.
Not in this movement, anyway.
Larry Wall, 1999