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

In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired Michael Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.[1][2] He continues to develop CUPS at Apple Inc.

Michael is also the chair of the Printer Working Group (PWG)[3], secretary of the IPP working group[4], a designated expert for IPP and the Printer MIB for the IETF[5], and is active in printing standards development within the PWG.

References

  1. ^ http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/071307-apple-acquires-cups-printing.html
  2. ^ "CUPS",CUPS Purchased by Apple Inc. (press release), July 11, 2007.
  3. ^ http://www.pwg.org/chair/index.html
  4. ^ http://www.pwg.org/ipp
  5. ^ http://www.iana.org/protocols


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