Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I liked Rebel Code, by Glyn Moody. [...] > And "Open Sources Voices from the Open Source Revolution", [...] > > Cathedral and the Bazaar ? > > Bleh. From what I've heard, it's not good.
Go read the essay at least, rather than relying on hearsay. The CatB essay contains some glaring inaccuracies and overstated opinions, but resonates with anyone who is frustrated by the quirks in how the GNU project has been run in general. I feel it's a large part of the reason why the original, failed Open Source Initiative got so much traction. I found Homesteading the Noosphere more interesting, but other than that, I've not much time for ESR's writing. A look-before-you-buy copy of Free as in Freedom is online at http://www.faifzilla.org/ OSVOSR was a bit obtuse for me. I guess it depends how many of the voices you like as people. Rebel Code has some faults, but is probably the best intro mentioned in this thread so far. If you like it more philosophical, I suggest the Hacker Ethic by Pekka Himanen. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html tel:+44-844-4437-237 - Webmaster-developer, statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, consumer and workers co-operative member http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ - Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
