Firstmonday has a long ethnography on Linux kernel
development, chock full of developer quotes.
> Linux: A Bazaar at the Edge of Chaos
> by Ko Kuwabara
>
> This paper establishes a context for the work of Eric Raymond and his
> description of the Linux phenomenon, by examining the emerging science of
> complex adaptive systems pioneered by John Holland, Christopher Langton,
> Robert Axelrod, among others. Raymond's evolutionary view is given an extended
> and more formal treatment under the terms of chaos and complexity, and chaos
> and complexity under the terms of sociology. In addition, this paper presents
> an ethnographic account of Linux, amassed from a series of electronic mail
> interviews with kernel developers. These interviews examine Linux as a social
> phenomena, which has prompted wide interest and become a subject of heated
> discussion.
>
> http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_3/kuwabara/
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