Digital Information Writing Assignment

There are a large number of sites, such as Amazon, Netflix, iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, Hulu, Joost, Pandora, mp3.com, and many others, that are moving into the business of selling or providing digital information. Choose at least three sites (it can be these ones or different ones) that provide legal access to online media such as music, games, movies, or TV shows and write a blog post that addresses the following issues:

1. What is the site's revenue model? That is, how do they make money?
2. What freedoms does the consumer of this information have? What can he/she do with it?
   

Week 7 Writing Assignment

Read The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond and write a blog post that answers the following questions:

• What does Raymond mean by the 'cathedral' and the 'bazaar' style of software development?
• According to Raymond, what is necessary for a successful bazaar-style project?
• Do you think Raymond's characterization of these styles of development is accurate? Why or why not?
• In your opinion, what sorts of projects tend to be successful open-source projects? What is it about them that causes this?
• In your opinion, what sorts of projects are better suited for commercial development? Why is this?