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What is Eric S Raymond's (ESR's) claim to fame? Did he write some code
that established him as an ubergeek? I know that he wrote Fetchmail. I
read his comments on Richard M Stallman (RMS). Though I have no expertise
on the Fetchmail source code, I feel that the following "Miller's
Analogies" hold:
ESR : Fetchmail :: RMS : GCC && Emacs (ESR is to Fetchmail as RMS is to GCC and Emacs)
and
GCC : Empire State Building :: Fetchmail : the Taco Bell on the corner
ESR wrote the Jargon File and The Cathedral and the Bazaar, both good
things, but not computer programs.
Mike
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