The Web Economy/12

Bazaar Spirit
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

 * Eric Raymond wrote about The Cathedral and The Bazaar . He points out 2 different models to modern software development.
 * Since then it is been greatly refered to as a definition of the merits of Open Source development.
 * If you do not contribute, someone else will.

Discussion

 * Read and discuss the article concerning the Bazaar model of software development.
 * Research whether Linux development today still uses the model and what are its challenges and constraints.
 * If you have a chance to do what Linus did back then, would you give it away? What would be your concerns?
 * What if you have a big company with alot of costs and have produced a perfect software . Would you give your software away? What would be your concerns now?

Activities

 * Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
 * Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
 * Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

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