For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution (History of Computing)

mobile operating system that has placed the Linux kernel

“the ability of the OSS process to collect and harness the collective IQ of thousands of individuals across the Internet.”

That is why Raymond analogized Linux development to a bazaar, where many people interact rapidly and constantly with no central authority overseeing them. The bazaar in this sense operates quite differently from the construction of a cathedral, which a comparatively small team of builders slowly and steadily erects over a long period of time,

human race who weren’t the least bit concerned about increasing the Mac’s market share. I think he was truly surprised at how little I cared about how big a market the Mac had—or how big a market Microsoft has.”99

Customers would also pay for code if it came compiled and packaged in a

user freedom as opposed to development efficiencies—into

man who was more willing than most people to sacrifice personal fortune and comfort in order to advance a project that promised no major material payoff,

where many business models today revolve around selling free or open source code in value-added form.

pay money for free software—especially if purchasers gained convenience