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Linux 'Awfully Cathedral-Like' - Java's a Bazaar
jg21 writes "LinuxWorld draws attention to a curious use of ESR's The Cathedral and the Bazaar by the Sun Microsystems exec who currently talks about Linux more than he does even about Java. Apparently Sun's President and COO Jonathan Schwartz said at a press briefing last week that Java with its JCP is more like ESR's Bazaar than Linux, which he dismissed as being "awfully cathedral-like" since Linus is the final arbiter (or Great Dictator), and not a committee." But be sure you don't mis-use the word Java in this Bazaar or the Mall Police will totally get you.
Linux is holy and Java is bizarre.
Cmdr Taco's homepage was just Slashdotted! There is justice in the world!
Pretty soon, Jonathan Schwartz is going to be taking over the "Plays the Rabid Linux Media Like a Violin" title from Darl McBride.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
I tell you cathedral. Profane activities with holy Linux kernel will be prosecuted.
I don't need a signature.
[The Bazaar model]
is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.
[The Cathedral model]
is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again, too. Who decides?
R3
Stuff that matters: circuitbreakers, vacuum-cleaners coffee makers, calculators generators, matching salt+pepper shakers
A camel is a horse designed by a committee
And when Linux-zealot Slashbots attack SCO and Microsoft, is that because of a position of fear and weakness too, or is there some magical reason why your generalization only applies to people you don't like?
Or how about when Linus attacks FreeBSD and HURD?
Thank you for using bold because I otherwise couldn't read your insightful commentary.