[Tfug] Adobe on Linux

Chris Hill ubergeek at ubergeek.tv
Mon Mar 31 20:43:27 MST 2008


> I believe it was Eric S Raymond who first used the scratch an itch
> metaphor in his 2000 essay The Cathedral and the Bazaar.  Here's the
> quote:
>
> 1. Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.
>
> And the URL:
>
> http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
>
> Check the section The Mail Must Get Through.
>
> Ryan
>
>   
Ah, ESR! :) I should've known Mark was quoting someone else, I had a 
feeling. Anyway, I just removed the reference, that way it looks like 
I'm being extra profound :D Then people can accidentally cite ME!

And you read all the way to the end? Wow!
C




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