His en.wiki article is pretty lackluster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart and the other language versions don't look any better.
Anyone want to help improve them? Ryan Kaldari On 9/8/11 1:10 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Asaf Bartov* <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 5:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Very sad news > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > Oh no! > > He was a true visionary and remains a personal hero of mine. I > admired his work so much, I created a Hebrew equivalent to Project > Gutenberg back in 1999. > > I never got to meet him, and had been hoping to get a chance to, now > that I live in the US. Alas. > > I had just been telling one of the WMF storytellers, in an interview, > about a formative experience in my life, when a friend came over, back > in 1992/1993, with a CD-ROM containing more than 500 classic works > including translations (Shakespeare, Plato, Confucius, Voltaire, you > name it), and got me forever hooked on the idea of free and open > digital content. > > I'll never forget Michael Hart. > > Asaf > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, emijrp <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, has died > http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > Wmfall mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
