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Negative effects of lack of coordination can be seen in (non-commercial) open source projects as well, so this isn't as simple as "bottom lines can decrease quality". Wanting to produce a quality product doesn't guarantee that outcome, especially when there are trade offs that need to be made.

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It is absolutely as simple as "bottom lines can decrease quality".

Removing the bottom line from consideration doesn't guarantee a good result, obviously. But that doesn't mean that bottom lines can't decrease quality.

I wasn't saying they couldn't, I was saying that they're not the only thing in play here because removing the bottom line doesn't suddenly make you able to avoid putting effort into coordination.

Obviously.

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