Can we compare communities or are they all unique snowflakes?

Can we compare communities or are they all unique snowflakes?Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D.Research Director — Development, DevOps, & IT Ops

FLOSS Community Metrics meeting, Jan 2016

Case study: containers

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Case study: configuration management

http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/2015/04/02/quantifying-configuration-management-communities/

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Case study: configuration management

http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/2015/04/02/quantifying-configuration-management-communities/

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Rates! That’s the ticket!

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Method 1 - crap Method 2 - lukewarm Method 3 – WIN!

Raw data

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[Cliffhanger]

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Thank you!Donnie BerkholzTwitter: @[email protected]

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