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Eric S. Raymond talks a lot about about his importance, but in reality he has produced no software of value, in fact almost no software at all. The arrogant sta
by 4ad 14y ago
Eric S. Raymond talks a lot about about his importance, but in reality he has produced no software of value, in fact almost no software at all. The arrogant statement he made in the beginning of the interview is a blatant lie:
> You rely on my software every time you use a browser, a smartphone, or a gaming console.
ESR is known for his books, not for his code.
- billswift 14y agoThat is because he has been working mostly on infrastructure, http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4071 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4071 , http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4351 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4351 and http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4335 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4335 , for example.
- statictype 14y agoI think he's referring to giflib or pnglib there. Those libraries are fairly widely used in many places and is probably the most widely used code he is associated with. That said, he is fairly egoistical. I don't think even he would deny that.
- batista 14y agoWell, I checked pnglib for one. He is one of 20+ contributors, not an original project founder, and was only active on it for like 2 years (2000-2002 IIRC): http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-LICENSE.txt http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/src/libpng-LICENSE.txt I wouldn't call that "people depending on MY software everyday".
- statictype 14y agoI wouldn't call that "people depending on MY software everyday". You and I wouldn't but the person who calls himself "one of the senior cadre who make the internet work" [paraphrasing there] certainly would.