The Cathedral And The Bazaar

For more than 15 years, Eric Raymond has been musing about the Internet and since the mid nineties his essays have been required readings.

This book contains the cream of those essays.  Included are "A Brief History of Hackerdom", "The Cathedral & the Bazaar", "Homesteading the Nooshpere", "The Magic Cauldron", "The Revenge of the Hackers", and "Afterword".  In addition there is not one but two appendices as a follow up.

The cohesive theme tying the book together is the issue of open source software, particularly the operating system Linux, and it's effects on the industry.

This book is a must read for anyone interested in Linux, Open Source, or what may be the future of computing as we know it.