Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another six per cent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development is being embraced and studied by many of the biggest players in the high-tech industry, from Sun Microsystems to IBM to Intel. "The Cathedral & the Bazaar" opens up a debate on open source. year. This revised and expanded paperback edition includes new material on open source developments in 1999 and 2000. Raymond's writing style accurately describes the benefits of open source software. With major vendors creating acceptance for open source within companies, independent vendors will become the open source story in 2001.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface: Why You Should Care A Brief History of Hackerdom The Cathedral and the Bazaar Homesteading the Noosphere The Magic Cauldron Revenge of the Hackers Appendix A. Afterword: Beyond Software? Appendix A. How to Become a Hacker Appendix B. Statistical Trends in the Appendix C. Notes, Bibliography

About the Author

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. His own software projects include one of the Internet's most widely used email transport programs. The first edition has been called The manifesto of the Open Source movement, and its author the most important authority on the subject.