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Silicon News: Open source ‘wounding’ makes Linux chief quit

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 30, 1999

“Godfather of open source and hero of the Linux community, Eric
Raymond, is to step down as leader of the movement that has shaken
the computing world to the core.”

“The independent developer shot to fame last year for his work
on high-profile open source software and his outspoken attacks on
Microsoft in favour of alternative operating system, Linux.

The millions of developers who make up the open source community
have recently been arguing among themselves about the future of
Linux. Raymond feels the internal disruption has been taken out on
him.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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