MS Tries to Nab Open Source Evangelist Eric S. Raymond
Microsoft has apparently tried to hire open source evangelist Eric S. Raymond (known in the community as ESR), according to a post on his Web log late Thursday.
According to a copy of an e-mail he received from Mike Walters, a recruiter for the Central Sourcing Team at Microsoft, a member of the research team forwarded Raymond's name to Walters as a possible candidate for an engineering job at the Redmond company. "I would love an opportunity to speak with you in detail about your interest in a career at Microsoft," Walters wrote.
Raymond obviously declined the offer, telling Walters that somebody was "probably having a little joke at his expense." The open source evangelist has publicly denounced Microsoft in the past and once told Craig Mundie, a Microsoft CTO, that he was the company's "worst nightmare."
