David Gerard wrote:
2009/11/17 Nathan nawr...@gmail.com:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:07 PM, stevertigo stv...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/106554
Linked and digged from a current article. Quite chuckleworthy.
Now that it is what it is, any idiot can look back and say it was
obvious what would happen. Far more people got it wrong 15-20 years
ago, and I guess its good for a chuckle (especially since this
particular writer was so condescending) - but hindsight is as perfect
as foresight is rare.
And at least Clifford Stoll actually knew what the heck he was talking
about, unlike most media pontificators at the time.
- d.
Amusingly enough I met both Clifford Stoll and Stallman when
they were in the same weight class (I think that dates me).
(RMS has gained some weight, lol)
I shook Stallmans hand in Boston in that early year when even Marvin
Minsky attended a Worldcon, and asked him when HURD would come
out of the closet.
RMS came out with his classic line of not owning crystal balls...
Yours,
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
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