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If you're unaware, this is the origin story for the EFF.
by pronoiac 9y ago
If you're unaware, this is the origin story for the EFF.
- notaspider 9y agoI was unaware. This is completely insane.
- mtgex 9y agoYeah, the article discusses this.
- pronoiac 9y agoIt was for people who decide whether to read the article based on the comments.
- walrus01 9y agoFor those who are unaware, the money made from Lotus 1-2-3 (which was game changing spreadsheet software of the early 1980s) eventually went on to found the EFF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Kapor
- mtgex 9y agoI mean, yeah kind of. But I don't think that's entirely accurate. Wikipedia says "Initial funding was provided by Kapor, Wozniak, and an anonymous benefactor." It's not like he funneled his Lotus gains into the EFF. A foundation is also a money raising endeavor and there were likely many people who contributed a great deal in their early years (and now). Your statement could just as easily be applied to Wozniak, as in "the money made from Apple (a game changing computer company) eventually went on the found the EFF". It's a fun fact, but not all that accurate.
- walrus01 9y agoKapor and Barlow founded the EFF... I was not aware of Wozniak being involved around the time of operation sundevil in 1990/1991: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/civilizing-cyberspace-19930610 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/civilizing-cyb...
- mtgex 9y agoYeah I wasn't aware of it either before.
- itronitron 9y agoI remember reading that the Secret Service was investigating an Austin game company because they were one of the first companies to buy CD duplicating equipment so were suspected of piracy by the Secret Service. For some reason I remember that as being Origin Systems but it may have actually been Steve Jackson Games.