Eric S. Raymond

In Working in Public, Eric S. Raymond is cited as an early articulator of the case for open source. His 1997 book-length essay, “The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary,” is presented as a compelling argument for the benefits of Open Source software. The book also attributes to him the aphorism “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” — the claim that open source holds an advantage over closed source because more people inspecting the code increases the chance that more bugs get found.

Context: Eric S. Raymond (b. 1957) is an American programmer and writer, author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar and an early advocate and theorist of the open source software movement.

Where this appears

• Working in Public — quoted for “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” and the “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” aphorism in the book’s case for Open Source