Re: [Hampshire] Recommended Book - But....

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Author: Tony Smith
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Recommended Book - But....
Spooky!

I have just (within the last 60s) found this book in the web and I'm in the process of downloading it when I paused to read this post.

'The cathedral and the bazaar' was interesting, hopefully this will be too.



On Thursday 14 June 2007 11:23:10 Damian Brasher wrote:
>
> I have just acquired 'The Art of Unix Programming' by Eric Steven Raymond.
>
> Looks very good so far and the combination of the technical and
> philosophical is well presented. How the two are intrinsically linked is
> illustrated well. Old ideas are making sense in a modern context - Linux.
> I am dipping in and out of sections easily.
>
> However and a big BUT:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Raymond
>
> This account of Eric Raymod is challenging (I struggle with this) and a
> very good example of how personal politics and Linux philosophy (or Unix)
> are two *very* different things. I am glad that Linux is very much a
> collaborative effort.
>
> Any thoughts...
>
> Damian
>
> --
> Damian Brasher
> www.interlinux.co.uk
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