3b. Emergence

Eric Raymond
“Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch.” (Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” 2000)

Linux, as an example, is worked on collaboratively by many programmers throughout the world, but often, different people come up with competing solutions to the same problem. (Surowiecki, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” 2005)

“If you treat your beta-testers as if they’re your most valuable resource, they will respond by becoming your most valuable resource.”(Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” 2000)

“Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers.” (Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” 2000)

“Treating your users as co-developers is your least-hassle route to rapid code improvement and effective debugging.” (Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” 2000)

“Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).” (Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” 2000)

“Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch.” (Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” 2000)

“The next best thing to having good ideas is recognizing good ideas from your users. Sometimes the latter is better.” (Raymond, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” 2000)