From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Christopher Faylor) Subject: Re: Linux "bazaar" model (Re: Beta-19 and configurations....) 13 Feb 1998 18:25:16 -0800 Message-ID: References: <34E3356D DOT 4579408B AT gadzoox DOT com> Reply-To: cgf AT bbc DOT com To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In article <34E33E23 DOT A2C74D59 AT gadzoox DOT com>, Daniel P. Kionka wrote: >The issue of why Linux has been successful was the topic of our last >Linux meeting. (http://www.svlug.org/) Eric Raymond talked about his >paper, "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". >(http://earthspace.net/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/) > >The main difference is that Linus takes in all the fixes and constantly >makes releases. The users are happy to get bugs fixed, and the >developers feel appreciated. (There are stable releases, too.) The way >we are waiting so long for Beta-19 and the lack of response to >contributors shows that we are using the cathedral approach instead. You may be right as to the model being used, but I have seen very very few contributors here. In fact more than a few postings contain words to the effect of "I haven't looked at the sources, but it seems to me..." When I see those words I usually move on to the next article. The feeling that "no one pays any attention to my posts" is not uncommon on both the linux developer list and on the perl porters list. I am asserting that if more people actually took the time to look at the sources and either 1) post patches or 2) make *informed* comments based on the sources, then cygwin would be better off. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf AT bbc DOT com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".