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Eric Raymond comes to Ann Arbor

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Linux, Open Source | Posted on 21-01-2001

It was a big night this past week in Ann Arbor when this past Thursday evening Eric Raymond, the gentlemen who’s paper “The Cathedral and the Bazaare” caused Netscape to open source their browswer, gave his speech at the University of Michigan Union. This is not Eric’s first time to grace us with his prescence as he seems to visit Ann Arbor about once every year. Here are some of the topics he covered

Why the Open Source Model in Programming
How to make money with Open Source
Anthropolgy involved with Open Source
Linux Advocacy

If you happended to miss Eric’s talk, you can visit the Metro Detroit Linux User’s Group home page for MP3’s of the talk.

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