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Eric Raymond's Birthday
Eric was born December 4, 1957. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts -
Career
Raymond career took off in 1980. -
Jargon File
Raymond adopted the Jargon File because there had been no update to it since 1983. -
Updates
Raymond Updates "essentially destroyed what held it together.' -
Popclient
Raymond worked on popclient. Popclient is an open-source email software. He later changed popclients name to Fetchmail. -
Thesis
Raymond presented his thesis at the annual Linux Kongress. -
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Raymond wrote The Cathedral and the Bazaar. The book was about open-source software development. He believed it should be done openly and therefore a lot of the book instills that point. -
Popularity
Raymond became very popular and very important when it came to the open-source movement. -
Open Source Initiative
Raymond was the co-founder of in the Open Source Initiative. -
Book
Raymond turned his thesis into a book called The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary. -
The Art of Unix Programming
Raymond wrote the Art of Unix Programming. It talks about user tools. -
Rejection
The kernel developers rejected his original idea of the CML2. -
Stepped Down
Raymond stepped down from being the president of the initiative in OSI. -
CML2
Raymond created a source code configuration system called CML2. -
Currently
Raymond is currently still working. He does things such as projects for the GPS data tool gpsd. He also does work with Nethack. -
The Battle for Wesnoth.
He also continues to do work for The Battle for Wesnoth.
