Why crowds make good software

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Theories on how the power of groups can be used to solve problems show why open source works

I've been reading an excellent book this week called The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many are Smarter than the Few by James Surowiecki. The reason I am writing about it is that it highlights somethin...

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