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Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. [1] .
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Jan 1, 2008 · Eric Raymond has played a key role in the history of open source. In 1997, he published The Cathedral and the Bazaar ( CatB ), his seminal analysis of why the open-source development approach works so well.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (abbreviated CatB) is an essay, and later a book, by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods, based on his observations of the Linux kernel development process and his experiences managing an open source project, fetchmail.
This directory gives you access to almost all of the contents of my evolving book, The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Enjoy — but be aware that I have sold O'Reilly the exclusive commercial printing rights. The papers composing this book (like their topic) are still evolving as I get more feedback.
Eric's Random Writings. When I'm not being a hacker, I'm often a writer. Here are some of the screeds I've uttered over the years. Open Source and Hacker Anthropology: The Cathedral and the Bazaar (1997-2001) Probably the most popular thing I've written. It's in demand in a lot of different forms, so I've given it its own subsite.
ERIC S. RAYMOND is an observer-participant anthropologist in the Internet hacker culture. His research has helped explain the decentralized open-source model of software development that has proven so effective in the evolution of the Internet.
