Good observations, but Usenet was just an example and copyleft
unfamiliarity was just a guess (and in a sense a rhetorical one, to
make the point that his "faults" in the leading his caravan into
quicksand are very human and I have definitely made worse ones -- even
though I'm less sympathetic as regards any hubris aspect possibly
involved).
J
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From: Jens Ropers
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Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Dartmouth class project now on VFD
The instructor has really gotten his knickers in a twist with this:
He's obviously got an IT background (at least to some extent) or he
would hardly be an instructor at all (maybe I'm too optimistic ;-).
However, as we all like to forget, IT has ''somewhat'' diversified in
the last two decades or so and somebody might be an old pro who knows
his x86 assembly language by heart but has somehow, say, never touched
Usenet.
I recognized his name from his postings in comp.risks. And, yes, it's
the
same guy: I asked him.
Try a Google Groups advanced search on exact phrase pcw(a)flyzone.com .
And
that's just ONE of his RECENT email addresses. (Then try one on "Peter
Wayner". My only concern is the possibility that there's more than one
Peter
Wayner, as he seems to be fairly prolific.)
Since emails from him give pcw(a)flyzone.com as the return address...
...and since pcw(a)flyzone.com seems to be the author of "Translucent
Databases" (see
ttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0967584418/002
-3782040-1645636?v=glance&vi=reviews), why, he must also be the author
of all
those books at
http://www.wayner.org/books/ ...
...which means he's the author of "Free for All: How Linux and the Free
Software Movement Undercut the High-tech Titans."
Which means there's at least a chance that he's read "The Cathedral
and the
Bazaar."
I'm trying to get up the nerve to ask him outright whether _he's_
notable.