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DesktopLinux: Open-Source Guru Eric Raymond Joins Freespire Board

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Sep 27, 2006

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“In a move that some may have sensed was coming, Eric S.
Raymond–one of the co-founders of the open-source movement–will
become the newest member of the Freespire Leadership Board on Sept.
27.

“Raymond, perhaps best known as one of the co-founders of the
Open Source Initiative and author of such seminal open-source works
as The Cathedral and the Bazaar, has recently declared that if the
Linux desktop is ever to grab a large share of the desktop market
it must do it soon or it will never happen…”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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