[oliverkwebb]

For a definition of "nobody" that includes Eric S Raymond, one of the most prominent figures in the linux world who's article (https://www.catb.org/esr/time-programming/index.html) I reference multiple times.

[plonk](https://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/plonk.html)

[asveikau]

That looks like a decent article, but for the general case, ESR is not credible on name alone. Go look up criticism of that guy.

[MortyWaves]

Is this really the type of discourse on HN now?

[asveikau]

I don't have time to get into it every time that guy's name comes up.

Basically he's best known for:

* Jargon file

* Parading himself around as "Mr open source" in the late 90s

* Working on what by all accounts was a not very good mail client a long time ago

That's the "good" side that's supposed to give him credibility as an expert, and it's not very much. The negative stuff is pretty bad.

[RickHull]

The Art of Unix Programming

[asveikau]

Already a has-been at that point.

[1718627440]

> Eric S Raymond [...] prominent figure[...] in the linux world

Doesn't he work for Microsoft?

[oliverkwebb]

He was the publisher of the Halloween documents (from my understanding leaked by a whistleblower to him) and has always been a firm opponent to Windows in all his works. Are you thinking of Poettering?

[1718627440]

<del> Isn't this his blog: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/ ?

It is hosted by Microsoft and talks about implementation details of Windows. So I always assumed, that he works there.</del>

My bad, that's Raymond Chen.