The Parable of the Locksmith Photo CC-BY Will Folsom. The parable of the locksmith presented here is based on a thought exercise proposed in the 1960s by Edmund Berkeley, early computing pioneer and founder of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). “One day, a mysterious stranger walked into a locksmith’s shop. The locksmith had never Read More| Model View Culture
Perhaps you remember Eric S. Raymond from his memorable essay “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” or his advice to programmers on “not reacting like a loser,” or his enthusiasm for guns. Regardless, the legendary open-source coder and commentator recently made a brief comeback to the Open Source Initiative, an organization he co-founded in 1998. On Read More| Model View Culture