PC Week: Open-source advocate Raymond lives to tell about visit to Microsoft

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MJF
Mary Jo Foley
Jun 24, 1999

“It was just getting to the point where people were starting to
wonder: Did open-source advocate Eric Raymond make it out of
Microsoft Corp. alive?”

“Raymond, who accepted an invitation from Microsoft Research to
speak on the virtues of open source, had not made any public
pronouncements about his June 21 visit until Wednesday, when he
granted an interview with Linux Journal and answered questions
about his day-long adventures on the Microsoft campus.”

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Mary Jo Foley

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