The Cathedral and the Bazaar
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,
Christopher Tozzi • For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution (History of Computing)
I think the future of open-source software will increasingly belong to people who know how to play Linus's game, people who leave behind the cathedral and embrace the bazaar. This is not to say that individual vision and brilliance will no longer matter; rather, I think that the cutting edge of open-source software will belong to people who start f... See more
Eric Steven Raymond • The Social Context of Open-Source Software
“The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open