On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 14 January 2011 12:01, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
'So Jimmy's claim that the first edit was "Hello world!" isn't to be taken literally?'
I don't see why not. It's far from unusual for a tech-savvy user to type that phrase into a document as a first test. I would be surprised if anyone expressed a good reason to doubt it.
Indeed. Jimmy says he did it. It's a very plausible claim. There is no evidence against it. Therefore, I suggest we assume Jimmy is being accurate.
One possibility, though, is that he typed it at some point, but there was an earlier edit he forgot. Memory can be a selective thing. What you would look for, if going further into this, is the first time he recalled this and where and to whom. Ultimately, though, it is not a critical piece of information. Just a nice bit of trivia, and a nice story.
BTW, Jimmy's speech last night was very nice. Have there been any reports yet about that event?
Carcharoth