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For a definition of "nobody" that includes Eric S Raymond, one of the most prominent figures in the linux world who's article (https://www.catb.org/esr/time-pro
by oliverkwebb 2y ago
For a definition of "nobody" that includes Eric S Raymond, one of the most prominent figures in the linux world who's article (https://www.catb.org/esr/time-programming/index.html https://www.catb.org/esr/time-programming/index.html) I reference multiple times.
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- 1718627440 2y ago> Eric S Raymond [...] prominent figure[...] in the linux world Doesn't he work for Microsoft?
- oliverkwebb 2y agoHe was the publisher of the Halloween documents (from my understanding leaked by a whistleblower to him) and has always been a firm opponent to Windows in all his works. Are you thinking of Poettering?
- 1718627440 2y ago<del> Isn't this his blog: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/ ? It is hosted by Microsoft and talks about implementation details of Windows. So I always assumed, that he works there.</del> My bad, that's Raymond Chen.
- asveikau 2y agoThat looks like a decent article, but for the general case, ESR is not credible on name alone. Go look up criticism of that guy.
- MortyWaves 2y agoIs this really the type of discourse on HN now?
- asveikau 2y agoI don't have time to get into it every time that guy's name comes up. Basically he's best known for: * Jargon file * Parading himself around as "Mr open source" in the late 90s * Working on what by all accounts was a not very good mail client a long time ago That's the "good" side that's supposed to give him credibility as an expert, and it's not very much. The negative stuff is pretty bad.