A Chat with Mitch Kapor

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by Derrick Story
Network Newsletter for 06/17/2003

Dear Readers,

Mitch Kapor has been working on a project that's code-named, Chandler (after the great detective novelist Raymond Chandler). It's a Personal Information Manager that provides for easy sharing of information with others. So easy in fact, that Mitch says it might be the first "Interpersonal Information Manager." Chandler will be free of charge and will run on the Windows, Macintosh, and Linux platforms.

This is a guy who knows his way around the tech scene. Mitch founded the Lotus Development Corporation in 1982 and was on the design team for Lotus 1-2-3. He's also the cofounder and former chair of the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation).

Recently, ONLamp editor chromatic interviewed Mitch asking him about Chandler, Lotus 1-2-3, open source software, and his upcoming keynote address at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, Oregon.

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I think you'll find Mitch's comments interesting. Hope you have a moment to stop by.

Until next week,

Derrick

Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Technical Editor
derrick@oreilly.com

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