Plone: The DNA of a Successful Open Source Community

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.


http://www.ohloh.net/

http://www.ohloh.net/

http://plone.org/team

http://plone.org/team

http://plone.net/providers






http://plone.org/documentation/faq/plone-history

http://plone.org/documentation/faq/plone-history

http://plone.org/documentation/faq/translations




http://cve.mitre.org/

http://cve.mitre.org/

http://plone.org/foundation

http://plone.org/foundation

http://plone.org/download




Structure of the Community


• Distributed Team Communication

• Source Control

• Test Driven Development


• Dealing with non-developers

• Software and the corporate culture

• Software is read more than it's written

• Understanding technical debt.


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zarprey/1327377346/

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• http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbrandles/6326572562

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/davisagli/5133193074/




http://www.flickr.com/photos/miziodel/5123904718




http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbrandles/6326572562




https://picasaweb.google.com/115189453091926671125/PloneConference2011PyramidSprint












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