Book · 2001 · Computers
The Cathedral & the Bazaar
Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
Why people recommend it
The Cathedral & the Bazaar by Eric Raymond is an influential essay and book exploring software engineering methods and open source development models. On an episode of Modern Wisdom titled Why Is Wikipedia Broken? - Dr Larry Sanger - #118, guest Larry Sanger discussed the text when reflecting on the early days of online collaboration. Sanger recounted that he was advised to read the work by Eric Raymond when he was first starting Nupedia. He explained that the publication provided valuable insights into how autonomous volunteers effectively organize, coordinate, and build complex projects online. Throughout the conversation, Sanger looked back on those formative experiences and underscored that the publication remains a remarkably great and worthwhile thing to read for anyone interested in digital communities and open source philosophy. His recommendation highlighted the enduring relevance of Raymond's observations regarding decentralized contribution models, peer review, and the ways in which large groups of internet users can successfully collaborate to construct massive shared knowledge repositories without traditional top down corporate management structures governing every single step of the creative and editorial process from inception to completion.
Who recommended it
- Larry Sanger Recommended
Larry Sanger — 2 mentions
“So there was this guy wrote an essay called called the Cathedral and the Bazaar his name is Eric Raymond I was told to read this it's still a great thing to read”
“So there was this guy wrote an essay called called the Cathedral and the Bazaar his name is Eric Raymond I was told to read this it's still a great thing to read”