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Open-source software pioneer to speak at WMU

Aug. 7, 2005

KALAMAZOO--Eric S. Raymond, a leading proponent of open-source software, will visit Western Michigan University and make a free public presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, in Schneider Hall's Brown Auditorium.

Raymond will speak on "After the Revolution: Open Source Eight Years Later." Auditorium doors open at 6 p.m. and overflow seating will be available in Room 1120 of Schneider Hall.

Visit the Web at www.catb.org/~esr for more information about Raymond. His WMU presentation is sponsored by the Haworth College of Business and its Computer Information Systems program as well as the Kalamazoo Linux Users Group.

Media contact: Thom Myers, (269) 387-8400, thom.myers@wmich.edu

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