[dba-Tech] The latest Debian

On 2013-05-12 6:49 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Peter:
>
> I have read through the PDF file, link
> http://www.unterstein.net/su/docs/CathBaz.pdf
>
> ...And feel that this should be required reading for all programmers and
> application developers. Eric Raymond's observations are brilliant to say the
> least. A real breathe of fresh air.
>
> Many companies could use these methods even if this development process was
> only within the company. Too many companies use segmenting and separate
> their developer's into specific isolated modules so no wonders applications
> end up going right off the rails or end up never functioning very well.
I agree. He couldda called it the paranoid corporate model :-).

PB

>
> We all know who immediately comes to mind when thinking of the Cathedral
> method of development.
>
> Thanks for posting this.
>
> Jim
>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:10 PM
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>
> On 2013-05-12 5:50 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>> Hi Peter:
>>
>> " How do you like Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar""
>>
>> I had not heard of this man before...show you what I know but I will read
> up
>> on him.
>>
>> What is your summary of his observations?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
> Wikipedia summary
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar) ...
>
> ... two differentfree software
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software>development models:
>
>    * The/Cathedral/model, in whichsource code
>      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code>is available with each
>      software release, but code developed between releases is restricted
>      to an exclusive group ofsoftware developers
>      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer>.GNU Emacs
>      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Emacs>andGCC
>      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_Collection>are presented
>      as examples.
>    * The/Bazaar/model, in which the code is developed over theInternet
>      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet>in view of the public.
>      Raymond creditsLinus Torvalds
>      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds>, leader of the Linux
>      kernel project, as the inventor of this process. Raymond also
>      provides anecdotal accounts of his own implementation of this model
>      for theFetchmail <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetchmail>project.
>
> The essay's central thesis is Raymond's proposition that "given enough
> eyeballs, allbugs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bug>are
> shallow" (which he termsLinus's Law
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus%27s_Law>):the more widely available
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketplace_of_ideas>the source code is
> for public testing, scrutiny, and experimentation, the more rapidly all
> forms of bugs will be discovered. In contrast, Raymond claims that an
> inordinate amount of time and energy must be spent hunting for bugs in
> the Cathedral model, since the working version of the code is available
> only to a few developers.
>
>
> PB
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