If you ask the average citizen on the street for a definition of "open source," you'll probably get a blank look. Ask a programmer, though, and you'll not only get a precise definition, but several examples and an emotional argument for why it's good or bad.
Advisor
The Latest Chapter in the Open-Source Wars
By Ed Yourdon
Posted August 30, 2000 | Leadership | Leadership |
About The Author
Ed Yourdon was cofounder, with Karen Coburn, of Cutter Consortium. Ed served as Fellow of the Cutter Business Technology Council, and Founding Editor and Editor Emeritus of the Cutter IT Journal. He chaired Cutter's Summit for many years. Mr. Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the structured analysis/design methods of the 1970s. He was a codeveloper of the Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented (OO) analysis/design and the… Read More
Don’t have a login?
Make one! It’s free and gives you access to all Cutter research.