Culture

What type of culture do platforms thrive in?

Where ideas are valued and evaluated on merit and truth.

Where initiative is rewarded.

Where mistakes result in process improvements, not scoldings.

Where openness and transparency are the standard.

Where anyone can improve anything in the system -- there is no protecting turf.

Where OSS tools are used when possible.

Where things are continuously improved.

Platform cultures are organic.

We can learn a lot from Open Source projects here ...