The Cathedral and the Bazaar: A Reader's Guide
Eric Raymond on open source — hacker culture, Linux, and how communities build software.
Eric S. Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar essays explain open-source development — "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"; release early and often.
Impact
Shaped understanding of Linux, fetchmail case study, corporate OSS adoption.
Who reads
Developers, founders, anyone asking how collaborative code competes with cathedral-style planning.
Foundational tech culture document — still referenced in FOSS debates.