Pm's first rule of Open Source
There is more than one
way to do it
reason for doing it
way of looking at it
path to success
definition of success
It's often hard for us to recognize that
others' needs and desires may be different
from our own.
Pm's Open Source Projects
PmWiki - creator and benevolent dictator
Started from scratch
Perl 6 - compiler pumpking
Joined existing open source project
The PmWiki Story
Needed a web management system
WikiWikiWebs? provided web management capabilities
Existing software packages had shortcomings for web management
→ Implement a new wiki engine
