May 15, 2003

cathedral

n.,adj.

[see bazaar for derivation] The ‘classical’ mode of software engineering long thought to be necessarily implied by Brooks's Law. Features small teams, tight project control, and long release intervals. This term came into use after analysis of the Linux experience suggested there might be something wrong (or at least incomplete) in the classical assumptions.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:54 AM

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