Our Philosophyon Cooperation
Often we've been told that some people find it sort of odd that we actually go out of our way to find and work with other professionals in the web design / development industry. Although many of our partners may also very well be considered competitors we are always looking to make new connections and friends in the industry.
We believe that in the same way that the open source community benefits from creating a positive and open environment for software development we can do our part to encourage a positive environment for the web development community. In addition, we know that there is nothing wrong with a little healthy competition and that it will make us all better at what we do in the long run.
The following video effectively describes our appreciation and understanding of how cooperation works and the ideas and principals that we subscribe too. It's a little long (45 minutes) and a little dated but interesting (if you like that kind of thing). The more interesting parts around game theory start around 22 minutes into the video.
BBC Horizon television series, 1987 documentary by Richard Dawkins which discusses selfishness and cooperation, focusing especially on the tit for tat strategy of the prisoner's dilemma game.
