The cathedral & the bazaar

musings on Linux and open source by an accidental revolutionary

Hardcover, 268 pages

English language

Published Dec. 31, 1999 by O'Reilly.

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978-1-56592-724-7
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Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2,500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another 6 percent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development is being embraced and studied by many of the biggest players in the high-tech industry, from Sun Microsystems to IBM to Intel.The Cathedral & the Bazaar is a must for anyone who cares about the future of the computer industry or the dynamics of the information economy. Already, billions of dollars have been made and lost based on the ideas in this book. Its conclusions will be studied, debated, and implemented for years to come. According to Bob Young, "This is Eric Raymond's great contribution to the success of the open source revolution, …

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Subjects

  • Development
  • Computer hackers
  • Linux
  • Operating systems (Computers)
  • Computer software