“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)
“Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone.” (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)
“When you lose interest in a program, your last duty to it is to hand it off to a competent successor.” (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)
Opening My Masters 