Dave Neary has written an article on the cost of getting code upstream and the cost of not doing so: "Hopefully, if you’re a commercial developer, you’ll come away from this article with a better idea of when it’s worthwhile to work upstream, and when it isn’t. And if you’re a community developer, perhaps this will give you some ideas about how to make it easier for people to work with you."
The Cost of Going it Alone
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