EricRaymond
Last edit June 23, 2005
Eric S. Raymond
the
MargaretMead
of the
OpenSource
movement.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/
,
OpenSource
/
FreeSoftware
and Linux promoter, commentator on
TheHalloweenDocument
s leaked from
MicrosoftCorporation
.
He wrote
TheCathedralAndTheBazaar
and its follow-ups, discussing the software development model used in Linux and other
OpenSource
projects:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/magic-cauldron/
Eric has announced his latest book,
TheArtOfUnixProgramming
, and is making early drafts available on the web. He's asking for contributors and feedback.
Staunch proponent of the inalienable
RightToArmBears
.
Has done work on
OpenSource
games like
NetHack
and
EmpireWarGameOfTheCentury
. He and
JohnCowan
are the curators of the
RetrocomputingMuseum
.
A
ThreeLetterPerson
, known as ESR. I read something (I think it was on
MeatBall
), about people
AdvoGato
automatically trusting someone using those initials, without varifying whether it actually
was
EricRaymond
.
Quick link for
WikiGnome
s interested in updating the scattered tuxedo.org references to point to catb.org:
http:fullSearch?search=tuxedo
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