Eric Allman
Eric Allman
Eric Paul Allmanis an American computer programmer who developed sendmail and its precursor delivermail in the late 1970s and early 1980s at UC Berkeley. In 1998, Allman and Greg Olson co-founded the company Sendmail, Inc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
CountryUnited States of America
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It is definitely true that having a common foe does give you something to shoot at. I'm just hoping that we don't fall into a pattern of simply playing catch-up with Microsoft, which is a danger.
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To me, Microsoft has behaved like the clear-cutters of the computer software industry.
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The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.
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I like to eat good food. I cook and collect wine. I like going for long walks when I can.
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Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.
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Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself - and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.