From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,344332f209947007 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: dennison@telepath.com Subject: Re: Gnat Free ? Date: 1998/10/20 Message-ID: <70i3sv$h7h$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 403164037 References: <6volj0$250$1@uuneo.neosoft.com> <3620F843.39465221@home.com> <3621E42C.2920@Entenhausen.net> <700rfc$6h4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3627196D.720A@Entenhausen.net> <708040$4h4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <87pvbs6zb3.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com> <87u311bi9h.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x5.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 204.48.27.130 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Oct 20 13:40:47 1998 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.05 [en] (WinNT; I) Date: 1998-10-20T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) wrote: > I am familiar with the 'bazaar' vs 'cathedral' styles of development. For those of you who, like myself yesterday morning, have no clue what this is all about, the essay in question is available online at http://earthspace.net/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ . > In fact, a group of Linux users is trying just that. However, the > appearent lack of progress (waiting for 3.11 ? :-) and AFAIK lack of other > initiatives seem to justify ACT's decision. According to the paper, the right *type* of person taking this method would theoreticaly sweep ACT away in the tide. However, the author has a later paper explaining why this is *not* likely to ever occur. ( http://earthspace.net/~esr/writings/homesteading/ ) -- T.E.D. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own