The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Now thinking about creating a movement to promote "hobbit software". Pretty chill, keeps to itself, tends to its databases, hangs out with other hobbit software at the pub, broadly unbothered by the scheming of the wizards and the orcs, oblivious to the rise and fall of software empires around them.
Oh, the Electron empire is going to war with the R... See more
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Dave Anderson • Dave Anderson (@danderson@hachyderm.io)
How did open source take the world by storm? One of the main reasons the movement has been so successful is a feature of software known as composability.
Chris Dixon • Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet
The widespread perception of open source is that it’s community work. Looking back at the first heyday of open source in the 90s, you picture these loosely organized, squabbling, collaborative efforts between a closely-knit group of nerds. Some special technology, notably Linux, emerged from that era as evidence that self-motivated teams of volunte... See more