The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Ever wondered why open source finally yields products that work? Eric Raymod discusses that in this paper using the bazaar as a metaphor for open source hacker developed software to contrast the cathedral that resembles a tight system of rules used to develop closed source software in large firms. A historic significance of this paper was of the reasons for making Netscape to release their browser source code in 1998, to battle Microsoft's internet explorer increased market share.

• Type: Others
• Year: 1997
• Where: web
• Authors: Eric Raymond
• Keywords: Bazaar, Cathedral, Linux, Netscape, Open Source, Software