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On December 4th, 1957, Eric Steven Raymond was born in Boston Massachusetts.
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Eric and his family move to Pennsylvania and start there in the North East.
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Raymond began work in the realms of APL, Pascal and LISP as a consultant, and program developer.
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Raymond held employment as a software engineer for roughly 12 months at this time. In this job, he worked on research for advanced programming and artificial intelligence.
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During this time in his life, Eric held the job as a lead programmer for MicroCorp. This job entailed him designing products for various types of micros.
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Eric worked to help a seven-man team code more than 3,270 emulation projects. At this time, he had developed many things - one of which being multiple-task windowing packages.
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In January of 1990, Eric became the maintainer of the "Jargon File," which was a file that covered the jargon within hacking culture. Jargon is a generic term that describes words or expressions used by a particular profession that are difficult for others to understand - in this case, computer hacking and technological development.
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He presented his thesis at the annual Linux Kongress on this day.
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Eric wrote an essay based in part on his experience in developing Fetchmail. This was the thesis that later turned into a book by Raymond.
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Raymond co-founded and served as president of the Open Source Initiative until 2005. This was an initiative that promoted the open-source development of software as a method for businesses to grow and expand.
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Raymond became a board member of directed of VA Linux Systems.
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A few years prior, Raymond had written an essay that explored his many observations while managing an open source project. This essay - or thesis - was later turned into a book, and this was the date of its official publishing.
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In the Linux documentation, there are "how-to's" that guide the reader through steps to using the operating system. Eric helped write this section, which is still included in the Linux Documentation Project.
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The writing of 'The Art of Unix Programming' which discusses user tools for programming and program developers.
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In Present day, Eric works as an administrator at the GPSD. This is a service that handles GPS and other navigation-related sensors that are used by people every day.
