ONLamp: Open Letter to Sun from Eric Raymond

Nov 23, 2004, 19:00 (10 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Eric S. Raymond)

"Schwartz felt that many in the Linux community were frustrated with their inability to influence the code that gets adopted into Linux. 'They don't get a vote,' he said, adding that the process for getting changes into Linux 'seems awfully cathedral-like as opposed to the bazaar of the JCP.'

"Of course, Eric Raymond, in his usual style, pulled no punches in his reply. His response took the form of this open letter to Sun..."

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