Yes, I should have made the "Open Source" point clearer, I know there's a lot of history there and I am largely ignorant of it, the gist of it was that it's not

Yes, I should have made the "Open Source" point clearer, I know there's a lot of history there and I am largely ignorant of it, the gist of it was that it's not fair to think anyone sitting around in 1970 would automatically assume there would be an army of programmers willing and able to work for free, it still surprises me. Which books are you looking for, Lulu.com has a few reprints, https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=Ted+Nelson&type= https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=Ted+Nelson&type...