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GNU + Linux were far more decentralized (bazaar) That's the first time I've ever heard GNU associated with the bazaar. The original thesis of the book (CatB) i
by chongli 7y ago
GNU + Linux were far more decentralized (bazaar)
That's the first time I've ever heard GNU associated with the bazaar. The original thesis of the book (CatB) is the observation that GNU is a cathedral (with saint rms at its head) and Linux (the kernel) is a bazaar.
- celticmusic 7y agoI think the point is that it's all relative.
- dwheeler 7y agoYes, that's what I meant. It's true that many GNU projects were (and are) cathedrals, but their cathedrals were more like a bazaar compared to the BSDs. GNU projects tend to be run mostly-independently, but the BSDs were (and are) maintained as entire monoliths... kind of the ultimate cathedral approach. And while cathedrals are beautiful, they take hundreds of years to build, and that's a problem in the software development world.