The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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Eric Raymond's 1997 essay contrasting closed, top-down development with open, community-driven development.
The 'cathedral' is software built quietly by a small anointed group; the 'bazaar' is the noisy, open Linux model where anyone can contribute and releases are frequent. It popularized open-source development to a business audience and coined Linus's Law about many eyes making bugs shallow.
Also known as: Cathedral and Bazaar, ESR, Eric Raymond
Sources
- Raymond, 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' (1997)