2009/11/17 Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:07 PM, stevertigo
<stvrtg(a)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