3.2. The Lack of Project Niches

While there are plenty of projects out there, there is, however, a genuine lack of niches for projects.
Usually, a niche is soon dominated by a small number (sometimes even one) of successful projects which fill it, and no others are needed.
Hackers compete between themselves on these niches, as they are a conserved resource.
This is done in a very similar fashion to how its done in other non-computerized cultures, and the way it was enacted in John Locke's "Theory of Property".