Eric S. Raymond

Eric S. Raymond

Eric Steven Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, author of the widely cited 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar and other works, and open-source software advocate. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, currently in print as the The New Hacker's Dictionary.

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Books Authored by Eric S. Raymond

The Art of Unix Programming

Post date: 12 Nov 2004
Describes Unix development that Unix experts know, but aren't aware that they know. It delves on the 'why-to', not the 'how-to'.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co
Publication date: 17 Sep 2003
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 1.0 Generic
 
The Art of Unix Programming

The Art of Unix Programming

Post date: 12 Nov 2004
Describes Unix development that Unix experts know, but aren't aware that they know. It delves on the 'why-to', not the 'how-to'.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co
Publication date: 17 Sep 2003
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 1.0 Generic


The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Post date: 29 Oct 2004
Author Eric S. Raymond anatomizes his successful open source project, fetchmail, as a test of some surprising theories about software engineering suggested by the history of Linux.
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Publication date: 15 Jan 2001
 
The Cathedral and the Bazaar

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Post date: 29 Oct 2004
Author Eric S. Raymond anatomizes his successful open source project, fetchmail, as a test of some surprising theories about software engineering suggested by the history of Linux.
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Publication date: 15 Jan 2001


Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution

Post date: 29 Oct 2004
Collection of essays from the leaders of the Free Software / Open Source movement, explaining why the majority of the Internet's servers use Open Source technologies for everything from the operating system to Web serving and email.
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Publication date: 13 Jan 1999
License: GNU General Public License
Document Type: Book
 
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution

Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution

Post date: 29 Oct 2004
Collection of essays from the leaders of the Free Software / Open Source movement, explaining why the majority of the Internet's servers use Open Source technologies for everything from the operating system to Web serving and email.
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Publication date: 13 Jan 1999
License: GNU General Public License Document Type: Book


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