A Generation Lost in the Bazaar: Quality happens only when someone is responsible for it.

Abstract

Thirteen years ago, Eric Raymond’s book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" (O’Reilly Media, 2001) redefined our vocabulary and all but promised an end to the waterfall model and big software companies, thanks to the new grass-roots open source software development movement. I found the book thought provoking, but it did not convince me. On the other hand, being deeply involved in open source, I couldn’t help but think that it would be nice if he was right.

Index Terms

• Software and its engineering

  • Software organization and properties

    • Contextual software domains

      • Operating systems