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A Generation Lost in the Bazaar.

The author argues that quality in computer operating systems is difficult to achieve through grass-roots development and open-source software. Topics include the proliferation of computer startups in the late 1990s, the FreeBSD computer operating system as an alternative to the UNIX operating system...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 53 - 56
Main Author: Kamp, Poul-Henning
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Oct2012
Subjects:
Computer operating systems
Design of Design: Essays From a Computer Scientist, The (Book)
Cathedral & the Bazaar, The (Book)
Product quality
Unix operating systems
Open source software
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The author argues that quality in computer operating systems is difficult to achieve through grass-roots development and open-source software. Topics include the proliferation of computer startups in the late 1990s, the FreeBSD computer operating system as an alternative to the UNIX operating system, information technology, code reuse, and waste in public computer coding. The author mentions the book "The Design of Design," by Frederick P. Brooks and the essay "The Cathedral and the Bazaar," by Eric Raymond.