Bruce Perens

American computer scientist · United States · Developers · Born 1950 · age 76

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Bruce Perens is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement. He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative (OSI) with Eric S. Raymond.

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No one cares what operating system you run as long as it stays up.
http://blip.tv/file/get/HenrikBennetsen-InnovationGoesPublic160.mov Innovation Goes Public, Own words
It [Open Source] is a massively parallel drunkards' walk filtered by a Darwinian process.
http://blip.tv/file/get/HenrikBennetsen-InnovationGoesPublic160.mov Innovation Goes Public, Own words