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I'd sure like more cathedrals in my life as an engineer. Whether we can build them is just a measure of our imagination, inspiration, wisdom, and ability to wo
by dgreensp 12y ago
I'd sure like more cathedrals in my life as an engineer. Whether we can build them is just a measure of our imagination, inspiration, wisdom, and ability to work together on a grand, well-conceived plan.
- cpeterso 12y agoAre giant open-source projects like Chrome, Firefox, or FreeBSD cathedrals? Unlike bazaar poster child Linux, these projects mostly control their own roadmap and releases, without many competing distributions.
- eah13 12y agoI'd say yes. Another Cathedral bazzar is Meteor. Open source, but with a relatively centralized organization.
- DominikD 12y agoLinux the ecosystem is bazaar, sure, but Linux the kernel is cathedral with Linus at the helm. Arguably this is what makes Linux kernel so successful and so widely re-purposed yet most distros lacking in getting any traction. There's, again, a clear exception in Ubuntu which is a cathedral amongst bazaars. So at the end of the day I personally feel that bazaar is the best set of training wheels invented but quality ultimately gravitates towards cathedrals. Both parties do benefit a lot from each other, so mutually benefiting, implicit agreement is at play here, which is something "A Generation Lost in the Bazaar" piece fails to acknowledge.