Christine Peterson Explained
Christine L. Peterson[1] is an American forecaster, and the co-founder of Foresight Institute.[2] She is credited with suggesting the term "open source" when used in connection with software.[3] [4] [5]
Peterson holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT.[6] She is signed up for cryopreservation with the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, since the mid-1980s.[7]
Works
Open Source Software
As reported on Slashdot, she coined the term on February 3, 1998:
Books
In 1991 she coauthored Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution with Gayle Pergamit and Eric Drexler,[8] which sketches nanotechnology's potential environmental and medical benefits as well as possible abuses. In 1997 she coauthored Leaping the Abyss: Putting Group Genius to Work with Gayle Pergamit.[9]
Articles
- "Thinking Longer Term about Technology", 2009.[10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Christine Peterson Biography . December 20, 2023 .
- Web site: Johnson. Dexter. Christine Peterson Looks into the Future of Nanotechnology. 5 April 2014. 15 February 2013.
- Web site: History of the OSI | Open Source Initiative. opensource.org.
- Book: Technology In Government, 1/e. 2006. Jaijit Bhattacharya. 978-81-903397-4-2. 25.
- Web site: How I coined the term 'open source'. 01 Feb 2018 Christine Peterson Feed 935up 20. comments. Opensource.com.
- https://www.foresight.org/about/Peterson.html Officers and Staff: Christine Peterson – Co-Founder & Past President
- Web site: Member Profile: Christine Peterson . Nicole Weinstock . 2017 . Cryonics . December 20, 2023 .
- [Eric Drexler]
- Chris Peterson and Gayle Pergamit, Leaping the Abyss: Putting Group Genius to Work, knOwhere Press, 1997. Accessed 4 February 2018.
- Book: Erik Fisher. Cynthia Selin. Jameson M. Wetmore. Presenting Futures: Presenting futures [electronic resource]. https://books.google.com/books?id=0CL2JhDWvbsC&pg=PA37. 22 May 2008. Springer. 978-1-4020-8416-4. 37–50. Christine Peterson . Thinking Longer Term about Technology.
