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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:00:09 pm by AristotlePagaltzis
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-[Acronym] for __E__ric __S__. __R__aymond. 
+[Acronym] for __E__ric __S__teven __R__aymond. 
  
-" The community has a tradition of tri-letterizing its heroes - I suppose that began with Stallman, already a hero when I was a fledgling progammer in the early 1980s, who was generally known as [RMS] even then. LinusTorvalds is just "Linus", perhaps because (unlike "Richard" or "Eric") one can refer to him by simply first name with very little risk of aliasing problems.  
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- I think I started to be routinely triletterized into " ESR" around 1998 on Slashdot ; that was a few months after the fame thing started to kick in seriously. It's at best a mixed blessing. Fame is tactically useful, but the pressures and expectations that go with it can be nasty stuff."  
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- -- EricRaymond 
+;: The community has a tradition of tri-letterizing its heroes - I suppose that began with Stallman, already a hero when I was a fledgling progammer in the early 1980s, who was generally known as [RMS] even then. LinusTorvalds is just "Linus", perhaps because (unlike "Richard" or "Eric") one can refer to him by simply first name with very little risk of aliasing problems. %%% %%% I think I started to be routinely triletterized into [ ESR] around 1998 on SlashDot ; that was a few months after the fame thing started to kick in seriously. It's at best a mixed blessing. Fame is tactically useful, but the pressures and expectations that go with it can be nasty stuff. %%% %%% '' -- EricRaymond''