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From: cowan@mercury.ccil.org (John Cowan)
Subject: [TUHS] interesting but long article on Dave Cutler, of VMS and NT fame
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 10:25:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160502142548.GE29513@mercury.ccil.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201605020344.u423iA4p012452@skeeve.com>

Aharon Robbins scripsit:

> Some of the statements about him seem exaggerated, but that's not
> surprising.  Anyone who's read "Showstopper!" will have a different
> picture of him than what's painted here.

After all, it's a Microsoft press release.  The reality distortion field
is in full operation.

-- 
John Cowan          http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        cowan at ccil.org
Even a refrigerator can conform to the XML Infoset, as long as it has
a door sticker saying "No information items inside".  --Eve Maler


      reply	other threads:[~2016-05-02 14:25 UTC|newest]

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2016-05-02  3:44 Aharon Robbins
2016-05-02 14:25 ` John Cowan [this message]

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