Thanks to Mike Wattier for his interesting article on the Open Source Software food chain which analyses the market segmentation of participants in an OS project and examines the issue of maximising community involvement and productivity.

Mike’s theory is that by understanding the discrepancies between the various levels of project participants, and by looking at how each level is nourished by its neighbours, you can give your project the best chances for growth and success.

Jim Grisanzio also has some interesting observations on the same subject from his experience with OpenSolaris.