A Generation Lost in the Bazaar 
OK, I'll make a couple of general observations here.First: It would be a big help for this discussion, if we could have the informal convention that people who were employed in an IT job before 1990 marked their post.   I think it would show a quite clear divergence of attitude.Second:  It's very obivious, that a lot of you have never been anywhere near the kind of software project posited in the "cathedral" meme, instead you project into the word whatever you have heard or feel or particularly hate.  That's not very helpful, given that there is an entire book defining the concept (I belive it's available online on ESR's homepage, how about you read it ?)Third: No, I'm not of the "either you are with us, or you are against us" persuation.   The bazaar is here to stay, but having everybody in need of transportation buy the necessary spareparts to build a car is insane.Fourth: Related to point two really:  A lot of you seem to have little actual ambition of making things better, I guess that is what happens if you grow up in a bazaar and never even experience a cathedral.  I pity you.