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A comment on Eric Raymond's 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' Turns 19. Parent comment

Re:Eric Raymond's 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' Turns 19 by mhurron on Monday May 23, 2016 @02:17PM (#11755715)
A cathedral was a projection of power of the Catholic Church (later other Churches) over the local population. A bazaar is traditionally open to anyone to come and do their thing.

That is where the analogy comes from.

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Re:Eric Raymond's 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' Turns 19 by B1FF_PSUVM on Monday May 23, 2016 @04:10PM (#11756531)
> A cathedral was a projection of power of the Catholic Church (later other Churches) over the local population.

Yeah, like the NFL projecting power over the cities by placing their teams there.

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