R.I.P., Jef

6 Responses to “R.I.P., Jef”

1. actually, there’s some controversy over how much of what we know as the Macintosh was actually dreamed up by Jef Raskin… apparently, he wasn’t a huge fan of the mouse, and wanted the first Mac to ship with a tape drive to save on costs. also, he was forced out of apple a long time before the first Mac actually shipped. and then, he had a reputation for laying claim to a lot of things that might not actually be his.

   not to diss on the recently dead. it’s just probably better to call him a major Macintosh contributor than the “inventor.”

   Comment by mdpdb — 2/28/2005 @ 2:38 pm

   
   

2. hmm, if that url above isn’t working, try this.

   seems like that python cgi can’t eat its own dogfood…

   Comment by mdpdb — 2/28/2005 @ 2:41 pm

   
   

3. While the Python CGI continues to eat itself, I have heard stories about Jef’s arrogance in the past. I suppose that the safest way to approach the whole thing is, like you said, acknowledge multiple paternities. Regardless, he accomplished a lot and does deserve some credit.

   Comment by Brian — 2/28/2005 @ 2:49 pm

   
   

4. egads, google’s ruining my urls!

   one last try

   Comment by mdpdb — 2/28/2005 @ 2:49 pm

   
   

5. why are all my urls getting prepended with a google redirect? i’m definitely not doing that myself.

   Comment by mdpdb — 2/28/2005 @ 2:52 pm

   
   

6. No, it’s not you - it’s a plugin I have installed to dissuade spammers. I’ve been debating disabling it (and reinstating the self-moderation-by-email plugin - especially after the rash of trackback spam I just got). All the more reason to do so now…

   The “I invented Burrell” story is pretty freakin’ funny though.

   Comment by Brian — 2/28/2005 @ 3:13 pm

   
   

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