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Michael Sweet (programmer)
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<p>Michael R. Sweet is a computer scientist known for being the original developer of <a href="/facts/Common_Unix_Printing_System/GH6I7g3U">CUPS</a>. He also developed flPhoto, was the original developer of the Gimp-Print software (now known as <a href="/facts/Gutenprint/HeTbKSlj">Gutenprint</a>), and continues to develop codedoc, <a href="/facts/HTMLDOC/PekBSuUV">HTMLDOC</a>, Mini-XML, PAPPL, and many other projects. Sweet has contributed to other free software projects such as <a href="/facts/FLTK/a9R0RuQI">FLTK</a>, Newsd, and <a href="/facts/Samba_(software)/Huyc2pnX">Samba</a>. He co-owned and ran <a href="/facts/Easy_Software_Products/wIXnNjLB">Easy Software Products</a> (ESP), a small company that specialized in Internet and printing technologies and is now the Chief Technology Officer of Lakeside Robotics Corporation. </p>