Linus Torvalds's style of development—release early and
often, delegate everything you can, be open to the point of
promiscuity—came as a surprise. No quiet, reverent
cathedral-building here—rather, the Linux community seemed to
resemble a great babbling bazaar of differing agendas and approaches
(aptly symbolized by the Linux archive sites, who'd take submissions
from anyone) out of which a coherent and stable
system could seemingly emerge only by a succession of miracles.
