[vanusa]

The history of the industry is littered with the carcasses of counterexamples.

A great team is defined by what it actually, in fact, creates (which is determined by many factors). Not by the sum of the potentials of its contributors.

[_y5hn]

Even for FOSS, teams actually have to market, sell and maintain their product too. Doesn't matter if you built the greatest thing ever if nobody knows about it or recommends it. Often, organic growth just can't beat the competition, especially if you want to make money.

[tomwojcik]

That's an interesting point, but I'd say you cant really compare the greatness of a project if its a different industry for example Saas, social media, Indie game but you can compare teams that created these products.