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ESR didn't invent it (nor does he claim to) just popularized it. The credit goes to Christine Peterson[1]. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Peterso
by lliamander 7y ago
ESR didn't invent it (nor does he claim to) just popularized it. The credit goes to Christine Peterson[1].
[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Peterson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Peterson
- dmm 7y agoThanks for that source. She claims to have come up with the term on Feb. 3rd, 1998 and the OSI was formed the same year. That suggests the term wasn't used long before the OSI.
- kemitchell 7y ago"Open" was a marketing buzzword in computing long before that. Christine has written that she ran "open source" by a friend in marketing at the time and they told her it was vague and played out.
- Carpetsmoker 7y agoThere are earlier usages of "Open Source"; see my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21928290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21928290