Eric S. Raymond Quotes

A collection of quotes by Eric S. Raymond.

Eric S. Raymond, also known as ESR, is a prominent American software developer and open-source advocate. Born on December 4, 1957, he played a crucial role in shaping the open-source software movement. Raymond is the author of several influential essays and books, including "The Cathedral and the Bazaar," in which he discusses the benefits of open-source development methods. He is noted for co-founding the Open Source Initiative and is a proponent of the use of open-source software in various industries. Raymond's contributions have had a lasting impact on the software industry, and he continues to be an active voice in the open-source community.

Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much

Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they're much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity.

Eric S. Raymond

Beauty Ability

Thompson and Ritchie were among the first to realize that ha

Thompson and Ritchie were among the first to realize that hardware and compiler technology had become good enough that an entire operating system could be written in C, and by 1978 the whole environment had been successfully ported to several machines of different types.

Eric S. Raymond

Technology