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<font size="2">ERIC RAYMOND,</font> the programmer of Fetchmail, has become one of the most vocal proponents of open source development. His paper comparing
proprietary and open development methodologies, <i><a href="http://earthspace.net/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/">The Cathedral and the Bazaar</a></i>, has become a manifesto for open source development, where a mob of programmers with little centralization yields finished software.<p>

Raymond says such software is richer and more stable than any commercial software he has ever used. David Sims talked to Raymond about
the experiences that led him to write the paper.<p>

 
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Interviewed by David Sims<br>
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<BR><A href="raymond.mp3">Audio </a>