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Open Sourcery
Open Sourcery is the new magical approach to software design that is replacing the old machine-minded methods. Basically, it works like this: someone sets up a CVS repository, a bug tracking system, an FTP server, and most importantly, a website to state the goals and status of the project. Then, as many Open Sourcerers as possible start arguing about what the software should actually do (positive energy), and complaining that it isn't being done fast enough (negative energy). Eventually, the software will write itself, continuing to self-evolve until it gradually reaches the stage of maturity know to Open Sourcerers as Alpha (which is Latin for "finished"). Occasionally a piece of software will continue to grow beyond the Alpha stage into the realm of Beta (which is Latin for "I'm bored, lets do something else").
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http://personal.centenary.edu/~lgame/csc106/Magic2.html
