[Tfug] Adobe on Linux

Ryan Cresawn jrcresawn at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 20:38:22 MST 2008


On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:
> I started replying, but it turned into a blog entry:
>
>  http://ubergeek.tv/article.php?pid=135

Chris,

I believe it was Eric S Raymond who first used the scratch an itch
metaphor in his 2000 essay The Cathedral and the Bazaar.  Here's the
quote:

1. Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.

And the URL:

http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/

Check the section The Mail Must Get Through.

Ryan




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