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Computing Pioneers Share Their First Tech Memories

Posted by samzenpus on from the back-in-the-day dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Major names from the world of computing and technology such as Vint Cerf, William Gibson, Richard Stallman, Michael Dell and Hermann Hauser have shared their memories on their first computers and what inspired them to get involved with the computer. Highlight's include Cerf recalling his experience with the valve-based US air defense network Sage — as seen in Dr Strangelove — and Acorn co-founder Hauser building an eight bit computer out of marbles and a shoebox."

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  1. Multi-page articles suck by PlatyPaul · · Score: 5, Informative

    Skip TFA and go straight for the print view.

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  2. Re:Stallman in a sentence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The iPhone 4S is a computer, by any real definition of the term, and it's Apple's latest release, so...

  3. Re:Stallman in a sentence by MrSteveSD · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well he's right isn't he? You can't side-load apps. You have to use the app store which consists of Apple-approved apps.