Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent …

Eric S. Raymond
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Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion that it is a manufacturing industry ✨ Eric S. Raymond (2001). The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary, p.120, O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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