When Alex Castellanos of CNN invoked Eric Raymond's book The Cathedral and the Bazaar on election night, the Twitterverse lit up. Castellanos compared the US government to the Cathedral, and asked insightfully if an Obama administration would govern more like the bazaar - where bottoms-up involvement and openness are the keys to solving problems. If the Obama campaign is any indication, this new administration certainly has aspirations to continue its grass-roots ways.
But can effective grass-roots campaign tactics translate into effective grass-roots governing? Can I expect (or do I want) to get an e-mail-a-day from the White House, like I did from the campaign? Will President Obama really tweet his daily meetings? Doubtful.
Michael Tiemann blogged about this recently, with some insights into the role of open sourc and how it enabled delivery "ahead of schedule and under budget". Check it out.
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