Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:22:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Cameron Kaiser <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: RIP Jerry Pournelle - Firsts Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>> I used to read his column for its humor value but I always thought >> of him as an idiot as far as comuters were concerned. Apparently this opinion is fairly widely shared: "As far as comuters (should it not be computers) were concerned." I guess one is entitled to their opinion. As an historian of modern technology and a subset of it, social media, I can only conclude that the Net allows one to say what they want and have many 'thousands' concur/agree. Happy computing all! Murray :)
