Eric S. Raymond (1957)
Eric Steven Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a…
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John McCarthy (1956)
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Ewa Kopacz (1956)
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