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Blogged date : 2008 Mar 19
People often talk about a concept called the "herd mentality". Herd mentality describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, follow trends, or purchase products. Examples of the herd mentality include the early adopters of cutting edge technology or mainstream adoption of products which have proven themselves to be useful to the masses. Some people may be of the opinion that herd mentality is primarily an emotional response, that its based on a sense of belonging to a larger group, and that its mostly about human interaction. However, when it comes to open source software, I think there is far more simple, logical reason for this phenomenon.