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Christine Peterson is an American forecaster, co-founder of Foresight Institute, and coiner of the term "open source". She is also a cryonicist and author of books on nanotechnology and group genius.
Christine Peterson is a nanotechnology, AI, and longevity expert and author. She co-founded Foresight Institute, coined the term ‘open source software’, and advises various organizations and startups.
- Meetings on Computer Security
- Releasing Netscape
- The Key Meeting
- Getting The Name Out
- A Happy Twinge
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In late 1997, weekly meetings were being held at Foresight Institute to discuss computer security. Foresight is a nonprofit think tank focused on nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, and software security is regarded as central to the reliability and security of both. We had identified free software as a promising approach to improving softw...
On February 2, 1998, Eric Raymond arrived on a visit to work with Netscape on the plan to release the browser code under a free-software-style license. We held a meeting that night at Foresight's office in Los Altos to strategize and refine our message. In addition to Eric and me, active participants included Brian Behlendorf, Michael Tiemann, Todd...
Later that week, on February 5, 1998, a group was assembled at VA Research to brainstorm on strategy. Attending—in addition to Eric Raymond, Todd, and me—were Larry Augustin, Sam Ockman, and attending by phone, Jon "maddog" Hall. The primary topic was promotion strategy, especially which companies to approach. I said little, but was looking for an ...
After this, there was a period during which the term was promoted by Eric Raymond to the media, by Tim O'Reilly to business, and by both to the programming community. It seemed to spread very quickly. On April 7, 1998, Tim O'Reilly held a meeting of key leaders in the field. Announced in advance as the first "Freeware Summit," by April 14 it was re...
When an early accountof the terminology change written by Eric Raymond was posted on the Open Source Initiative website, I was listed as being at the VA brainstorming meeting, but not as the originator of the term. This was my own fault; I had neglected to tell Eric the details. My impulse was to let it pass and stay in the background, but Todd fel...
Christine Peterson, a former executive director at Foresight Institute, reveals how she came up with the term "open source software" in 1998 and how it was adopted by the free software community. She also shares her motivation, strategy, and challenges in promoting the idea of open source software.
Christine Peterson is Co-founder and former President of Foresight Institute. She lectures and writes about nanotechnology, AI, and longevity. She is co-author of…
Christine Peterson is a nanotechnology expert and a co-founder of Foresight Institute. She also has a background in chemistry, group process, and space advocacy.
Christine Peterson is a nanotechnology expert and advocate who co-founded Foresight Institute, a public interest group that educates and informs on nanotech and its impacts. She also chairs the Personalized Life Extension Conference series and coauthored Unbounding the Future and Leaping the Abyss.
Christine Peterson is Co-founder and former President of Foresight Institute. She lectures and writes about nanotechnology, AI, and longevity.
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