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Bazaar Spirit
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.
Topics
- Eric Raymond wrote about The Cathedral and The Bazaar[1]. He points out 2 different models to modern software development.
- Since then it is been greatly refered to as a definition of the merits of Open Source development.
- If you do not contribute, someone else will.
Discussion
- Read and discuss the article concerning the Bazaar model of software development.
- Research whether Linux development today still uses the model and what are its challenges and constraints.
- If you have a chance to do what Linus did back then, would you give it away? What would be your concerns?
- What if you have a big company with alot of costs and have produced a perfect software[2]. Would you give your software away? What would be your concerns now?
Activities
- Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
- Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
- Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.
References
Links to Student Notes
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)
Notable Links to Resources
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)
Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)