11 Eric S. Raymond Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eric S. Raymond

American Author

Born: Dec 4, 1957

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The ARPAnet was the first transcontinental, high-speed computer network. Eric S. Raymond

First Network High-Speed Computer

If Unix could present the same face, the same capabilities, on machines of many different types, it could serve as a common software environment for all of them. Eric S. Raymond

Face Software Types Machines Could Environment Same Common Different Capabilities Them Many Different Types Serve Present UNIX

For the first time, individual hackers could afford to have home machines comparable in power and storage capacity to the minicomputers of ten years earlier - Unix engines capable of supporting a full development environment and talking to the Internet. Eric S. Raymond

Time Home Internet Power First Machines Ten Ten Years Could Individual Hackers Environment Development Supporting Talking First Time Years Afford Storage Capable Capacity Full Engines Comparable Earlier UNIX

Does Facebook act as though I own my online life, or as though it does? Concretely: Can I control what data it shares with other users, with advertisers, and with business partners? Eric S. Raymond

Life Business Facebook Own Control Other Though Data Online Shares Advertiser Partners Does Act Business Partners Users

Does Facebook behave like a tool in my hand, or a firehose designed to spew at me in accordance with other peoples' agendas? Concretely: can I write my own client to present a filtered view of the Facebook stream, or have other people do that for me? Eric S. Raymond

Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets. Eric S. Raymond

Best People Money Passion Field Way More Higher True Becomes Motivated Score Gets Any Just Skill Keep Level

When are programmers happy? They're happy when they're not underutilized - when they're not bored - and also when they're not overburdened with inappropriate specifications or meaningless bureaucracies. In other words, programmers are happiest when they're working efficiently. This is a general preference in creative work. Eric S. Raymond

Work Creative Happy Words Other Bored General Also Efficiently In Other Words Happiest Preference Inappropriate Meaningless Working Creative Work Programmers

People are happiest when they're the most productive. People enjoy tasks, especially creative tasks, when the tasks are in the optimal-challenge zone: not too hard and not too easy. To some extent, that has always been true. But it becomes even more true as work becomes more about brains and creativity. Eric S. Raymond

People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture. Eric S. Raymond

You Culture Yourself People Others Distinction Drawing Status Kinds Open Attention Open Source Study Between Over Make Source Cultural Dominance Interactions Gain Who Asserting Societies Two

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