About Christine Peterson
Christine Peterson was an American scientist.
Christine L. Peterson is an American forecaster, and the co-founder of Foresight Institute. She is credited with suggesting the term "open source" when used in connection with software.
Peterson holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from MIT. She is signed up for cryopreservation with the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, since the mid-1980s.
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, 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.
Articles "Thinking Longer Term about Technology", 2009.
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