Cathedral and the Bazaar

In his essay, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric Raymond says: Perhaps in the end the open-source culture will triumph not because cooperation is morally right or software "hoarding" is morally wrong...but simply because the closed-source world cannot win an evolutionary arms race with open-source communities that can put orders of magnitude more skilled time into a problem. Probably the best way to begin, is by giving a little background into the man who …

…core aspects of the project such as a kernel. Linus Torvalds is that person for Linux. Projects like Linux and Apache are making waves in the software industry and open source is gaining momentum. Large organizations like Netscape, Sun and HP are testing the waters, and Microsoft seems to be on the attack to protect its monopoly. Whether open source continues its momentum, or reaches a less spectacular then anticipated peak remains to be seen.