Page prepared in 2003 about a program that converts files from GIF to PNG. The conversion preserves all graphic information, including transparency.

ESR's paper on how to become a Hacker.

Hacking jargon including information on writing style, hacker terms, and lamer-speak.

The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information.

Open Source spokesman and author of the New Hacker's Dictionary. Resume, writings, speaking engagements, FAQ, and links.

Guide to teach how to ask technical questions in a way more likely to get a satisfactory answer.

Microsoft are getting very worried indeed about competition from Open Source Software such as Linux. This leaked internal memo, courtesy of Eric Raymond, reveals all -- including the extreme lengths Microsoft is willing to go to squash its competition.

Eric S. Raymond's seminal paper analysing why open source works so well; followup papers "Homesteading the Noosphere", "The Magic Cauldron" and "The Revenge of the Hackers"; and comments and criticisms from third parties.

Dedicated to programs that induce sensations that hover somewhere between nostalgia and nausea. The freaks, jokes, and fossils of computing history.

Eric Raymond's MIX Assembler and interpreter; downloads: readme, source tarball, HTML rendering.