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I still think the Cathedral is a better model than the Bazaar when it comes to user facing software. For me, Linux as a server OS is great but as a desktop OS i

• signa11 11mo ago
  > ... Cathedral is a better model than the Bazaar ... well, for the desktop possible choices from the `Cathedral` are: - windows, and - macos of late, both seem to have gone in directions that are antithetical to what $random user wants f.e. pushing ai-features, tahoe ui snafu respectively etc. etc. in `Bazaar` mode, xfce has been an *excellent* choice for quite a while now, and should probably serve `Cathedral` refugees quite well. all in all, not super convinced of the argument that you seem to be proffering here.
  • windward 11mo ago
    BSD is given as an example of the cathedral in the book.
    • signa11 11mo ago
      indeed, iirc, the 1998 usenix presentation by mckusick et al, seems to be an earlier record of (than the book) these s/w development models. fwiw, both the gnu project and freebsd champion this (cathedral style of) development model. however, i don't think linux or bsd is *purely* either approach. w.r.t `user-facing software` which seems to be central thesis of gp, both the alternates (bsd/linux) offer almost an identical choice.
  • pjmlp 11mo ago
    Or Android, HyperOS, DeX, Harmony OS NEXT, running in desktop mode.