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 contributes 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. He continues to develop CUPS at Apple Inc.
Michael is also the chair of the Printer Working Group (PWG), secretary of the IPP working group, a designated expert for IPP and the Printer MIB for the IETF, and is active in printing standards development within the PWG.
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