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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth4 December 1957
CountryUnited States of America
becoming clear early effort ending ten unix
Worse, by the early 1990s it was becoming clear that ten years of effort to commercialize proprietary Unix was ending in failure.
programming release customers
Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers.
polish prototype
Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it
homework substitutes
Grovelling is not a substitute for doing your homework.