Was "PIC development STINKS!" Sergio Masci wrote: > > No way, unless it is trivial software. In my experience > productivity is more like the logarithmical than linear in >> the number of persons involved. >> > > Wouter van Ooijen > > Actually in my experience the bigger the team the greater the > chance that you end up with some members that generate >> negative productivity. The really good people end up >> chasing problems introduced by the really bad ones. On a > few occasions I have personally discovered people actively > sabotaging a project. It heavily depends on a team, i.e. team leader. He is to recognize usefulness of a new member. New member could bring necessary technologies & fresh approach, saving time dramatically. But really useful guys are often unpredictable, threatening to blow up all the project. For average folks: the more people the slower goes project, I think. Mike. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics