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Michael Sweet (programmer)

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Michael Sweet is a computer scientist and is the primary developer and architect of Common Unix Printing System, flPhoto, HTMLDOC, and Mini-XML. He was the original developer of the Gimp-Print software (now called Gutenprint) and contributes to many other free software projects such as FLTK, Newsd, and Samba. He owns and runs Easy Software Products, a company that sells Internet printing and publishing software.

In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired Michael Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.[1] He continues to develop CUPS at Apple Inc.

References

  1. ^ "CUPS",CUPS Purchased by Apple Inc. (press release), July 11,2007.


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