> Every time you use a Web browser, locate yourself on Google Maps, draw money from an ATM, or play on a game console, you rely on computer code I wrote and gave away.
I am puzzled. What does he refer to? http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/ there's nothing here that resembles a network stack, the Wikipedia page doesn't mention anything. https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS mentions him as the ncurses co-maintainer and terminfo master file maintainer. What am I ignorant of here?
Eric's ego is apparently way ahead of his actual self-promotion skills. If he's so important to everything, why hasn't he been on staff at red hat or the linux foundation or google or some such for the last, oh, 15+ years?
Also, most of the functionality behind all of the services he names is implemented by people doing regular jobs at technology companies.
It's a bit too absolute of a statement IMO, but some of the comments here elaborate on his work in Android and iOS: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=3554 The GIF and PNG stuff would apply to "using a Web browser" or "play on a game console" in general.
Here he says gpsd is used in Android: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4886 . Anyway, that could be "locate yourself" in general.
Don't really have any ideas about ATMs. Maybe using gpsd for time from GPS? He's talked about that on his blog. I don't know why ATMs wouldn't use NTP as they're probably already fairly well-networked, though.
If I were going to say this, I'd cite carefully to avoid looking boastful. To each his own. It does seem fairly well-supported if you do some research. Here's his list of projects he's touched: http://www.catb.org/esr/software.html
Eric Raymond's words helped change the world (Cathedral essay). He inspires me every time I read his work, sometimes I disagree, often agree, usually both but he never fails to get me thinking in new ways.
IMHO Eric is one of the elders and I pay tithe to this man who I respect and learn from. I value his forthrightness, especially in these times of chilling effects - he head is firmly above the parapet and of course he takes flak.
For me personally, it is an honour and a priviledge to be on the same planet at the same time as Eric S Raymond - super stoked to fund his work - his work merits it.
ESR has always been self promoting but wow, this takes the cake. I can think of many many people who are far more deserving of patronage than Eric. Has he written a networking stack? A VM system? A file system? In terms of system stuff he's not done much that I've seen.
I'm not saying he has no value but if you viewed this as an investment in systems software I predict the ROI is going to disappoint. If you want to support him for some other reason, go for it.
He's done some stuff, one thing I still use is his rewrite of the pic manual, we share a love for that little language. And he's done lots of little Unix like tools for fairly obscure problems.
But systems programming? That's my wheelhouse and he's never been considered a part of that crowd by the systems people I know. Systems people benchmark themselves against the original unix people (if you are old enough) or Linus or Cantrill or someone similar. In my opinion, ESR is definitely not a peer of those people. Doesn't make him not useful but it's a big stretch for him to be claiming to be a systems programmer. Have to wonder what Linus would say if
Today it can be revealed that I am one of the principal developers of NTPsec, which has been quietly ramping up over the last eight months and aims to field an improved and (especially!) more secure Internet time service.
Welcome to the NTP Security Project. Our goal is to create a safe, reliable NTP server that is community based and decentralised with multiple contributors and maintainers."
-- looks like Eric has this particular work in mind.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 21.9 ms ] threadI am puzzled. What does he refer to? http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/ there's nothing here that resembles a network stack, the Wikipedia page doesn't mention anything. https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS mentions him as the ncurses co-maintainer and terminfo master file maintainer. What am I ignorant of here?
Also, most of the functionality behind all of the services he names is implemented by people doing regular jobs at technology companies.
http://james-iry.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/brief-incomplete-an...
If Eric S. Raymond doesn't spend wastefully, he should still have tens of millions:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/eric-raymond-how-ill-spend-my-m...
He's a great software engineer, but I didn't like the tone of this campaign for monthly donations either.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpsd
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gpsd.git
Here he says gpsd is used in Android: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4886 . Anyway, that could be "locate yourself" in general.
Don't really have any ideas about ATMs. Maybe using gpsd for time from GPS? He's talked about that on his blog. I don't know why ATMs wouldn't use NTP as they're probably already fairly well-networked, though.
If I were going to say this, I'd cite carefully to avoid looking boastful. To each his own. It does seem fairly well-supported if you do some research. Here's his list of projects he's touched: http://www.catb.org/esr/software.html
IMHO Eric is one of the elders and I pay tithe to this man who I respect and learn from. I value his forthrightness, especially in these times of chilling effects - he head is firmly above the parapet and of course he takes flak.
Eric's list of Open Source & Free Software contributions http://www.catb.org/esr/software.html
For me personally, it is an honour and a priviledge to be on the same planet at the same time as Eric S Raymond - super stoked to fund his work - his work merits it.
Eric on the Cathedral & Bazaar from the browser wars (when M$ nearly pwnd the net) https://youtu.be/jw8K460vx1c?t=38m30s
I'm not saying he has no value but if you viewed this as an investment in systems software I predict the ROI is going to disappoint. If you want to support him for some other reason, go for it.
He's done some stuff, one thing I still use is his rewrite of the pic manual, we share a love for that little language. And he's done lots of little Unix like tools for fairly obscure problems.
But systems programming? That's my wheelhouse and he's never been considered a part of that crowd by the systems people I know. Systems people benchmark themselves against the original unix people (if you are old enough) or Linus or Cantrill or someone similar. In my opinion, ESR is definitely not a peer of those people. Doesn't make him not useful but it's a big stretch for him to be claiming to be a systems programmer. Have to wonder what Linus would say if
http://www.ntpsec.org/
Today it can be revealed that I am one of the principal developers of NTPsec, which has been quietly ramping up over the last eight months and aims to field an improved and (especially!) more secure Internet time service.
Welcome to the NTP Security Project. Our goal is to create a safe, reliable NTP server that is community based and decentralised with multiple contributors and maintainers."
-- looks like Eric has this particular work in mind.