I met John at Hackers At Large in a field in the eastern Netherlands. The group I was with spent a fair bit of time with him, had some good chat and I thought h

I met John at Hackers At Large in a field in the eastern Netherlands. The group I was with spent a fair bit of time with him, had some good chat and I thought he was alright at the time. I think his grip on reality wasn't that great, but to be fair at the time god only knows what people might have given him. Two days in someone asked him about Jobs and Woz, he said he thought Woz was a nice kid but he didn't really get on with Jobs. I didn't know he actually worked at Apple for a while though. For the comments about him being creepy, fair enough. My experience of him in Holland was that he was definitely not the type of guy you introduce to your mother, and that he had social issues, but lots of people do. As for the comments on hygiene, wake up - we live in a world where people like Richard Stallman pick bits from their toe and eat it in the middle of conferences, don't judge an old man because he smells funny. Maybe one day you'll be a funny smelling old man/girl.