Open source leadership might sound like an oxymoron — how can you have leadership when there is no organizational structure and no direct compensation for work performed? Well, let me ask a different question — how can a group of mostly volunteers create software that rivals that created by billion-dollar companies?
So, combining these questions, is it possible for volunteers to create great software without leadership? No, of course not, but with leadership, it is certainly possible, as Postgres proves. So, where is the leadership? How does it work, and how effective is it?