RE: Excellent Interview
- From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:53:13 -0400
I'm glad you guys enjoyed it as much as I did. When we did the brief on
behalf of Borland in the Supreme Court case Lotus v. Borland that tried to
claim copyright on a user interface, Knuth was one of our signatories.
Unlike the rest of the group, he had some additional demands we needed to
agree to before he would sign on. Specifically, all communications
regarding the matter must come to him by email from Stallman and no one else
and, including rms, no one was to call him on the telephone. As he says in
the interview, he is a strange guy.
cdh
-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 11:29 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Excellent Interview
Agreed. I saw this come across Reddit last week and was very engaged by
it. Thanks for giving me an excuse to read it again.
Jared
Ken Perry wrote:
> Very nice Chris.
> Ken
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Chris
> Hofstader
> *Sent:* Monday, April 28, 2008 4:24 AM
> *To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Excellent Interview
>
> Hi,
>
> At: http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=1193856,
> you will find a somewhat lengthy interview with Donald Knuth.
>
> For those too young or clueless to know who this incredible
> contributor to computer science and algorithmics is and the
> contributions he has made:
>
> . Shortly after rms "invented" free open source software, Knuth
> release TeX under GPL 1.x which later grew into LaTeX, a system still
> widely used by blind and other people looking to express mathematical
> and other interesting expressions in an unambiguous manner. Along with
> emacs, this represents one of the very pioneering steps in free software.
>
> . Knuth has published many of the most important books and articles in
> the history of computer science. He has invented many of the most
> important algorithms as well as incorporating the works of many others
> into his nearly canonical volumes on computer science.
>
> . Knuth is a terrific professor at Stanford University and is one of
> the most accessible individuals in the field.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> cdh
>
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