Eric S. Raymond

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eric S. Raymond
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Dec 4, 1957(1957-12-04)
Age	67
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Eric S. Raymond Biography

Eric S. Raymond is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on December 4, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, currently in print as The New Hacker’s Dictionary.

Raymond has claimed that “Gays experimented with unfettered promiscuity in the 1970s and got AIDS as a consequence”, and that “Police who react to a random black male behaving suspiciously who might be in the critical age range as though he is an near-imminent lethal threat, are being rational, not racist.” Progressive campaign The Great Slate was successful in raising funds for candidates in part by asking for contributions from tech workers in return for not posting similar quotes by Raymond. Matasano Security employee and Great Slate fundraiser Thomas Ptacek said, “I’ve been torturing Twitter with lurid Eric S. Raymond quotes for years. Every time I do, 20 people beg me to stop.” It is estimated that as of March 2018 over $30,000 has been raised in this way.

Eric S. Raymond Net Worth

Eric S. Raymond is one of the richest Engineer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eric S. Raymond 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Raymond was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1957 and lived in Venezuela as a child. His family moved to Pennsylvania in 1971. He developed cerebral palsy at birth; his weakened physical condition motivated him to go into computing.

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Who is Eric S. Raymond Dating?

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In a 2008 essay he “defended the right of programmers to issue work under proprietary licenses because I think that if a programmer wants to write a program and sell it, it’s neither my business nor anyone else’s but his customer’s what the terms of sale are”. In the same essay he also said that the “logic of the system” puts developers into “dysfunctional roles”, with bad code the result.

Facts & Trivia

Ariane Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Eric S. Raymond celebrates birthday on December 4 of every year.

Top Facts about Eric S. Raymond

1. Eric S. Raymond is an American computer programmer and author.
2. He is a prominent advocate for the open source movement.
3. Raymond co-founded the Open Source Initiative in 1998.
4. His book “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” became a classic of open-source software development.
5. Raymond was awarded the O’Reilly Open Source Award in 2019.
6. He has contributed to numerous open-source projects, including Emacs and fetchmail.
7. Raymond coined the term “Linus’ Law”: “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.”
8. He has been involved in controversies over his political views and statements.
9. Raymond is a member of Mensa International, with an IQ reported to be around 150-160.
10. He currently resides in Pennsylvania with his wife and children.