Ah, you're right. Everyone was thinking in terms of his surname, but the
nickname's relationship to his business m.o. makes more sense.
I interviewed him a few times when he was at Divine but I don't recall
having any opinion about the man.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chandra Bajpai [mailto:cbajpai at
comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:53 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: New Museum - The ACP Collection
"Flip" Filoposki got that nickname because buys companies and "flips"
them.
I think he was the CEO of Platinum Software which he later sold and made a
ton of money. He was also at the helm of Devine Interventures (the dotcom
co) which was one the big disasters of that era.
He can't be all that bad if he is a vintage computer guy.
-Chandra
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:53 PM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: New Museum - The ACP Collection
Correct. I don't have the details (yet --- I will soon), but the buyer of
Dave's stuff is Andrew Filoposki. He's a widely known dot-com zillionaire
and he's just called "Flip" by everyone in IT circles. I have no idea how
he got that nickname, but seriously, everyone calls the man Flip. He's been
involved in many companies and his current venture and bio is here:
http://www.silkroadtech.com/company/leadership/index.htm#flip
-----Original Message-----
From: Marvin Johnston [mailto:marvin at
rain.org]
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:30 PM
To: ClassicCmp
Subject: New Museum - The ACP Collection
I was searching around and came across the place where the ACP computer
collection ended up. The URL is:
http://www.thepcmuseum.net/