# kaal:claim:3808859-019

**Claim.** The dominant failure of the open source model is that most projects never reach critical mass; only a small elite of projects attracts enough developers who believe in the vision, and the majority simply cannot.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Perhaps most significantly, most open source projects cannot reach critical mass to further their development agenda. Only a small number of elite open source projects can attract developer contributions.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades* (2021), IV.4 Shortcomings, page 33

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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**Failure mode.** critical mass failure  (family: cold-start-and-bootstrapping)

**Topics.** open-source-and-code

**Keywords.** open-source, critical-mass, project-failure, developer-attention

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