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All Hail Open Source

Feb 16, 2007

In a blog at Free Software Magazine, Gary Richmond writes an ode to "open source hero" Jim Kent. Much of the post, about Kent's key role in assembling the human genome for the public-sector consortium, will be a walk down memory lane for this field. But Richmond tells the story from the open source community's perspective, which has its own reasons for appreciating Kent's work.

 

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