About the Author

Sam Williams is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, NY. He has covered high tech culture, specifically software development culture, for a number of websites. From 1998-2001, he wrote "Open Season," a weekly column on the open source software community for Upside Today. He also has conducted weekly interviews for the website BeOpen.com. His first book, ARGUING A.I.: The Battle For Twenty-First Century Science, will appear from AtRandom in electronic and trade paperback formats in February 2002.