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I'm over at Mojo's coffeehouse catching up on some reading. When I sat down, I saw man working on a tiny IBM Thinkpad, and I thought, "Wow that guy sure looks like Eric Raymond." After a while, I looked over at him and wondered if it really was him. Another glance revealed he was wearing a "Unix is Sexy" t-shirt, and I decided that it really might be the open-source evangelist. After all, I've chatted with Bruce Sterling at this place before.

annoyance After a bit of apprehension, I walked over and asked in my chipper boy voice, "Are you Eric Raymond?"
He looked confused, and replied, "Yes I am Eric Raymond."
"Oh, wow."
"I do exist," he said, with a bit of awkwardness.

I explained that I'm a Ph.D. student who researches open source culture. He acted shy and busy, but he was smiling and didn't seem annoyed. I think it was worth pestering him to say hello to Mr. Geeks With Guns himself.

Posted by McChris at October 5, 2005 01:42 PM
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