Firsts

jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca wrote: Grab a copy of the Jargon file from the net (maintained by my co-conspirator (nothing to do with computers -- it's political) Eric S. Raymond (crap, gimme a minute, <http://www.ccil.org/jargon/index.html>. ESR started out in the MIT TOPS community, he's younger than I am, but he went to a fairly decent school. [Oh, the Jargon File is also available as an actual book made out of dead trees. _The New Hacker's Dictionary_, now I think in its third edition. Either the on-line or print editions are probably must-reads for members of this list as a gagload of historical information is in there, though mostly concerning DEC minis and the culture that grew up around them at MIT and Stanford. (Allison, I assume you know ESR). - Ward Griffiths Dylan: How many years must some people exist, before they're allowed to be free? WDG3rd: If they "must" exist until they're "allowed", they'll never be free.