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What is The Cathedral and the Bazaar about? I couldn't quite tell from a cursory glance.
by bmitc 2y ago
What is The Cathedral and the Bazaar about? I couldn't quite tell from a cursory glance.
- gavinhoward 2y agoDisclaimer: been a while since I read it. It compares two software development styles. It compares typical software dev in a company to building a cathedral: directions come from on high, and you execute your task. Then it compares typical Open Source development, such as with the Linux kernel, and compares it to a bazaar: everyone is doing their own thing, but somehow, things get done. It's old, and maybe a little outdated now that the corporate world has taken over Open Source, but I would still suggest reading it.
- esafak 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar
- bmitc 2y agoYea, but I guess I was looking for something deeper, because at the outset, I'd be a little offput by the suggestion to read it and any disagreement about my disagreement on it. And I fully understand the issues described by the above parent. The book comes off as a bit opinionated with the blinders of a Linux kernel development and 80-90s attitude about open source software. That's a pretty narrow focus of software development. For example: > Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch. I've written good software professionally, but none of it was kickstarted by my own personal itch.