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Did you mean Charles Simonyi? -- edit -- I couldn't figure out why someone voted down this comment. Did I offend someone just by mentioning one name? From wi
by eugenejen 16y ago
Did you mean Charles Simonyi?
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I couldn't figure out why someone voted down this comment. Did I offend someone just by mentioning one name?
From wikipedia:
"He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford in 1977 with a dissertation on a software project management technique called "metaprogramming". This approach sought to defeat Brooks' law by requiring all programmers to communicate through the manager rather than directly. Simonyi remained at PARC until 1981."
And from Forbes 2006 http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Charles-Simonyi_VMOW.html http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Charles-Si...
"Net Worth $1.0 billion Source Technology, Self made"
- anamax 16y ago> "Net Worth $1.0 billion Source Technology, Self made" Didn't he make his $billion at Microsoft? If so, how is that "self made"?
- blacksmythe 16y ago"self made" means not inherited from your parents.