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September 23, 2011 10:05 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NHxIVp9e_wA/Why-We-Love-Things-We-Build-Ourselves
Why We Love Things We Build Ourselves
RichDiesal writes "The IKEA Effect refers to the tendency for people to value things they have created/built themselves more than if made by someone else – in fact, nearly as much as if an expert with much greater skill had created the same item. Is this the reason that open source software proponents are so 'enthusiastic' about their products while the general market resists them – because those proponents had a hand in developing them?" 
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