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Oh interesting -- I didn't know any of the above Raymond controversy (or even really who he was; the name just is etched in my brain from that book) As a guy w
by eob 4y ago
Oh interesting -- I didn't know any of the above Raymond controversy (or even really who he was; the name just is etched in my brain from that book)
As a guy who found the Jargon File via that book, I'm grateful he did it. But I can see how publishing an edit of an online forum would ruffle a lot of feathers: 30 years later you get guys like me attributing it all to him.
- mlyle 4y agoThe introduction makes it pretty clear the sourcing: http://catb.org/jargon/html/revision-history.html http://catb.org/jargon/html/revision-history.html (This appears in the printed book, too). Most of the criticism of his stewardship of the jargon file and the publication as N.H.D. by MIT Press comes after other controversies.