The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
Author: Eric S. Raymond
Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2,500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another 6 percent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development….Read More
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