[geeks] Cool Register article on the origins of vi and Bill Joy

Caleb Shay caleb at webninja.com
Fri Sep 12 14:51:47 CDT 2003


I was being vague.  It's Dave Fischer.  Before I left RI I used to hang
out with him down at the Retro Computing Society.  Very cool guy.

Caleb

On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 14:42, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> --- Caleb Shay <caleb at webninja.com> wrote:
> > If I recall correctly, that quote originates from one of our own
> > geeks@ members.
> 
> Yes, but his name escapes me... He was a great odd bird - prefered tty
> to GUI, is a postscript hacker, and lived in RI and is part of a great
> computer history group, with lots of wonderful old "toys"...
> 
> 
> =====
> Lionel
> 
> "I am not into examining other peoples' dumps..." - Sheldon T. Hall
> 
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