[PD] [OT] ESR (was Re: documentation material for Pd related grants, funds, and prizes)

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Wed Sep 5 04:29:01 CEST 2007


On Aug 21, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Chris McCormick wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 02:09:06PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>>> while any pure-data dev can add their code to Pd-extended.  You  
>>> could
>>> say we are more Bazaar than Mr. Bazaar because the Pd Bazaar has a
>>> hand in the decision making.  :D
>>
>> I think that you're confusing people. «The Cathedral and The  
>> Buzzword» was
>> written by ESR. Linus didn't start the Bazaar theory: ESR came up  
>> with
>> that as observation (and perhaps some imagination).
>
> ESR's wild imagination is oft lampooned in the comic Everybody Loves
> Eris S. Raymond.
>
> <http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/>
> <http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/microsoft-job-offer>
>
> The end of the "Interests and politics" section of his Wikipedia  
> page is
> quite illuminating:
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond>
>
> In my opinion, his views on race, religion, and politics obscure any
> kind of intelligent comments he has made in relation to software. The
> Cathedral and The Bazaar is an interesting read, but full of so much
> speculative pseudo science that I felt slightly ill after reading it.

Wow, he's a bit off indeed.  Thanks for that link.  I never was a big  
fan, that was pretty much the nail in the coffin.

.hc

>
> Best,
>
> Chris.
>
> -------------------
> http://mccormick.cx



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