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Re:Apps, made better by everyone by rgbrgb on Thursday October 24, 2013 @02:26PM (#6606965)
Cool idea but this sounds a lot like design by committee. For end-user apps, there's nothing like focused design leadership to drive cohesive product decisions.
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Re:Apps, made better by everyone by bitsweet on Thursday October 24, 2013 @02:36PM (#6607030)
Our goal is to mirror as much as possible the collaboration process that open source uses to build better libraries then proprietary ones. Each product has a core team that will help lead the direction. You can read more about it on the FAQ:

https://assemblymade.com/help/general#general-6

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Re:Apps, made better by everyone by alttab on Thursday October 24, 2013 @02:56PM (#6607153)
Sounds like a bunch of "core" people could get open source contributors, then muscle the votes so no one gets paid.
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