Martin Fowler：以OpenSource的方式做R&D

Martin Fowler wrote in OpenSourceResearch:

Open source projects come in many guises, but a fair number of them are taking an idea and programming around it to see where it goes and whether it has value.

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R&D is all about generating ideas and working with them. A successful R&D isn't measured by what proportion of their ideas turn into products, but rather by how many great products they generate and how great they are. Someone who starts three projects and turns them all into mediocre products isn't as good as someone who starts a dozen projects and turns only one of them into a killer app.

hehe,Xerox Palo Alto Research不就是这样一个情形？有多少影响深远的思想从那里诞生。不过，MS Research的一些人不正是那些把Research和公司成败联系在一起的人么？也许使我理解的有偏颇吧。

另外，Martin这句注解也比较有意思：

That's a notion that sounds strange if you believe that design and programming are separated, but makes a lot of sense if you accept that they are tied together.