Rachel Chalmers reports on the Halloween Memos.
“WHICHEVER TREACHEROUS Microsoftie leaked the Halloween document
to Eric Raymond knew exactly what she was doing. The irrepressible
Raymond is fast establishing himself as the chief historian,
folklorist, and spin doctor for the open-source software
movement.”
We missed this excellent piece of writing from November 10 last
month. Today it brings us an interesting perspective–in the
light-speed pace of this Internet age, the Halloween memos are
already fading into history.
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