> Mark Preston wrote: > >> I wonder if you would care to expand on what Raymond is ignorant of >> regarding building cathedrals and operating bazaars, and why the >> "Cathedral and Bazaar" allegory wrt free software is by implication >> flawed. Having only bought things in Bazaars, and only visited a few >> Cathedrals my ignorance in this area is quite broad. Rob Myers wrote: > Raymond presents cathedrals as monolithic and bazaars as freewheeling. > > Mediaeval Cathedrals were often multi-generational projects with each > generation building on the work of the last. They are a framework within > which people could do something amazing, architecturally speaking. A > strong sense of purpose and a supportive framework can work wonders for > individual talent. > > Bazaars occupy a specific social space and are regulated by set rules. > Everyone knows how to haggle. > > The C&B allegory is flawed because Raymond has started from a mild > dislike of GNU cut with too much Ayn Rand and created a metaphor that, > although easy to understand, discards too much information. And the > market needs information to work efficiently. ;-) > > - Rob.
Thanks for the reply Rob. It kind of begs the question what would have been a better allegory for Raymond to have used? -- Regards, Mark Preston _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
