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Eric S. Raymond

Eric Raymond, usually known in the Open Source community simply by his initials, ESR, is President, Open Source Initiative.

Flashback to '04: "Let Java Go" – ESR Writes Open Letter to Sun

By Eric S. Raymond

Responding to remarks at Sun's February 2004 analyst meeting, Eric S. Raymond - President of the Open Source Initiative - in February 2004 wrote an Open Letter to Scott McNealy. The letter ends: 'Mr. CEO, tear down that wall. You have millions of potential allies ...

May. 4, 2006 02:30 AM Reads: 58,561 Replies: 45

"Java Is Not a Bazaar" - Open Letter to Sun from Eric S. Raymond

By Eric S. Raymond

Eric S. Raymond ('ESR') responds to Jonathan Schwartz's obervations the other day that the JCP development process behind Java is a 'Bazaar' while the Linux way of doing things is more like a 'Cathedral.' That's a woeful misappropriation of the bazaar model he fir...

Nov. 25, 2004 12:00 AM Reads: 16,864 Replies: 7

What Does 2004 Hold in Store for Linux?

By Kevin Bedell; John Terpstra; Eric S. Raymond

LinuxWorld Magazine is in the process of collecting predictions about what will be happening with Linux in the upcoming year for an article to appear in our January issue. We're having such fun with it, we thought we'd share it with linuxworld.com readers and let ...

Nov. 21, 2003 12:00 AM Reads: 58,773 Replies: 30

A Response to SCO's Open Letter

By Bruce Perens; Eric S. Raymond

Bruce Perens and 'ESR' (Eric S. Raymond) have just issued an Open Letter in response to yesterday's Darl McBride missive - read it here on LinuxWorld.com right now.

Sep. 10, 2003 12:00 AM Reads: 23,918 Replies: 7

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