Re: [Fsfe-uk] Free software book?

[Jon Grant]

On 31/01/2008, address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
> Quoting Ciaran O'Riordan <address@hidden>:
>
> >> Cathedral and the Bazaar ?
> >
> > Bleh.  From what I've heard, it's not good.
>
> It's not, no. Raymond starts from a position of ignorance about how
> cathedrals were built and bazaars operated and goes downhill from there.

We wouldn't have had had a browser if it wasn't for that book, and one
could even argue that Netscape lead the way for adoption of free/open
software. We would be many years "behind" (on uptake) if it had not
been for Raymond's book.

Cheers, Jon