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The Cathedral & the Bazaar Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary

By Eric S. Raymond
First Edition February 2001
Pages: 256
ISBN 10: 0-596-00108-8 | ISBN 13: 9780596001087
(Average of 6 Customer Reviews)

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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. This revised and expanded paperback edition includes new material on open source developments in 1999 and 2000. Raymond's clear and effective writing style accurately describing the benefits of open source software has been key to its success.
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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, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of open source users and the companies that supply them." The interest in open source software development has grown enormously in the past year. This revised and expanded paperback edition includes new material on open source developments in 1999 and 2000. Raymond's clear and effective writing style accurately describing the benefits of open source software has been key to its success. With major vendors creating acceptance for open source within companies, independent vendors will become the open source story in 2001.

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This book frickin rocks, June 11 2007

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I love that this literally is an open ended book. For more info on the author check out his homepage as well, lots of great how to's updates etc. Glad O'reilly picked this up or I never would have been exposed to it~

Eric Raymond (http://www.catb.org/~esr/)

Regards, Jay

The Cathedral & the Bazaar (paperback) Review, March 11 2004

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History of hacking, one thing I really appreciate - open source! Thanx, good book, also philosophy... Very readable,

Marc

The Cathedral & the Bazaar (paperback) Review, April 07 2003

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Submitted by George Woolley [Respond | View]

A very good book.

If you want to hear the case for Open Source

versus the free software movement and versus closed-source commercial software,

get this book.

Raymond puts forth his case strongly and clearly.

The book marks a turning point in the history of Open Source

and is worth reading on that basis alone.

On the other hand,

If you want a book that gives many different Open Source positions,

I suggest reading

"Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution".

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The Cathedral & the Bazaar (paperback) Review, February 06 2003

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Submitted by Sherwin T. Ang [Respond | View]

A philosophical and historical view on hacking, free software and open source. A very good read!

The Cathedral & the Bazaar (paperback) Review, January 29 2003

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READ IT!!

The Cathedral & the Bazaar (paperback) Review, January 04 2003

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Media reviews

"I have learned more about the open software community with this book, than in the past decade of my life devoted towards its advocacy...I truly liked this book - and Eric Raymond's wit made it that much easier to read. I put so many bookmarks in this book for future reference (for my public speaking) that this book has become one huge pile of post-it notes."--E. Jonathan Hardy, TechWeek TV!, May 2003
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"I recommend this book to anyone who wants to keep up with the rapidly changing technological world and especially to those who are interested in or involved in Linux...Rose Lynn Saeger has found that reading an O'Reilly book raises her thinking skills and knowledge base to a higher level."
--Rose Lynn Saenger, PC Alamode, March 2002

"Here's a foundation document for the Open Source Revolution, the declaration of independence from software monopolies, but also a vision of co-operative evolution which is gradually transforming the world culture through "an implausible form of magic."
--Malcolm Dean, desktoplinux.com, Dec 2001

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