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Who is Andrew Fluegelman?

Posted by Cliff on from the who-are-they? dept.

Tsu want an answer to the following question: "So who the heck was (is?) Andrew Fluegelman? According to his Jargon File entry, he was one of the founders of the Shareware concept, the writer of PC-Talk, and owner of the trademark on 'Freeware'. But, apparently, he has since dissapeared and is presumed dead. This is an interesting bit of trivia from the Dark Ages of personal computing, and I think it's high time we find out what happened. Conspiracy, anyone?" Hmmm... now I'm intrigued!

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  1. also an editor? by hzo · · Score: 1

    The name shines up here as:
    Andrew Fluegelman, editor, The New Games Book,
    Doubleday, New York, 1976
    Andrew Fluegelman, editor, More New Games!,
    Doubleday, New York, 1981

  2. Please tell me... by unitron · · Score: 1

    Please tell me this ain't one of those "Who is John Galt?" things.

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  3. Interesting... by rnturn · · Score: 1

    Marin County supposedly has the highest per capita income in the U.S. and the highest proportion of citizens who are undergoing psychiatric thereapy. (I read that somewhere recently.)

    ``...buy money can't buy me love...
    Can't buy me l-o-o-o-v-e...''
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