[svlug] Re: bazaar style software on DOS

[Rob Walker]

>>>>> On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 11:13:32 -0800 (PST), Rob Walker
>>>>> <rob at varesearch.com> said:

>>>>> On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 12:22:24 -0800, Seth David Schoen
>>>>> <schoen at uclink4.berkeley.edu> said:

Seth> Ira Abramov writes:

>>> There is one project predating Linux that I know of involving such
>>> a Bazaar type of development other than maybe IETF developments,
>>> and that is Fractint
>>> (http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractint.html) from the aptly
>>> called "Stone Soup group", which was started by people on
>>> Compuserve (may it RIP).

Seth> That was probably the best program I had on my DOS system, and
Seth> it was free, beautiful, and impressive to me and others.

Rob> and I remember being equally impressed by povray long long ago.

the more that I think about this, I am not sure whether it was bazaar
or cathedral style software, but at least it was semi-open in its'
distribution.

rob

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