After all of this all I want to know is if an autopsy was done or not? <DUCKS> ;)
-Ali > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Cisin via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2024 1:44 PM > To: Christian Liendo via cctalk > Cc: Fred Cisin > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen NY Times Obituary > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Christian Liendo via cctalk wrote: > > Actually I posted the ArsTechnica article in one of the New York > Times > > internal chat channels on Oct 16th, I was hoping someone would pick > > this up. I did the same when Chuck Peddle died. > > > > I work for the Times and there are a few people here who appreciate > > old technology. I don't have any pull, but some of the writers are > > serious techies. > > > > As for the article, this is the New York Times and not ArsTechnica. > > The readers are different and the writers have to find ways to > relate. > > Depending on your perspective, BBSes were the social systems of the > > time. I can see the link between them. > > > > I thought it was well written and regardless of what you think of the > > Times, it is nice to see Ward Christensen remembered with a proper > > obituary. > > . . . and, did you hear about first on this list? > if so, > NYT heard it from you, (THANK YOU!) > you heard it from this list, > I did the first post about it on this list > I heard about it on another list, > the person who posted about it on that list doesn't remember source > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
