bazaar
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bazaar \Ba*zaar"\ Bazar \Ba*zar"\(b[.a]*z[aum]r"), n. [Per.
b[=a]zar market.]
1. In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of
shops where goods are exposed for sale.
[1913 Webster]
2. A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods,
as at a fair.
[1913 Webster]
3. A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly
for a charitable purpose. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] BC
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
bazaar
n.,adj.
In 1997, after meditating on the success of {Linux} for three years,
the Jargon File's own editor ESR wrote an analytical paper on hacker
culture and development models titled The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
The main argument of the paper was that {Brooks's Law} is not the
whole story; given the right social machinery, debugging can be
efficiently parallelized across large numbers of programmers. The
title metaphor caught on (see also {cathedral}), and the style of
development typical in the Linux community is now often referred to as
the bazaar mode. Its characteristics include releasing code early and
often, and actively seeking the largest possible pool of peer
reviewers. After 1998, the evident success of this way of doing things
became one of the strongest arguments for {open source}.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "bazaar":
auto show, boat show, closing-out sale, commercial complex,
distress sale, emporium, exposition, fair, flea fair, flea market,
garage sale, going-out-of-business sale, inventory-clearance sale,
market, market overt, marketplace, mart, open market, plaza,
rialto, rummage sale, sale, shopping center, shopping mall,
shopping plaza, show, staple, street market, tax sale, trade fair,
white elephant sale
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