Barriers to OSPD

Barriers to Open Source Product Development

Currently, open source development is mainstream in the world of software. Open source product development in hardware is currently either unheard of, or insignificant, in that only about 1 millionth of the hardware goods economy is based on open source design.

Potential

The potential outcome of open development is great. It is assumed that open source product development affords the only sustainable way to do software (see <references> Awesome Economics of Open Source best design possible, as has been shown in software.