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Terry was a nut, but he did a pretty good job of getting the word out about his magnum opus. Over several years, he alternated between sincere advocacy and unhi

Terry was a nut, but he did a pretty good job of getting the word out about his magnum opus. Over several years, he alternated between sincere advocacy and unhinged abuse in trying to get my website OSNews to cover his OS development efforts more widely. Eventually, one of our volunteer editors patiently worked with him to produce an article about it: https://www.osnews.com/story/23796/recreational-programming-with-losethos/ https://www.osnews.com/story/23796/recreational-programming-... I just spent a few minutes reviewing my email archive of correspondence with Terry, and it warms my heart a little, even though at the time is was kind of terrifying.

layoutIfNeeded 7y ago
Would you be able to publish said letters somewhere for posterity?
- Waterluvian 7y ago
  When I die I hope people don't decide to begin sharing my private conversations.
  - layoutIfNeeded 7y ago
    I’m sorry to inform you, but that’s often how we preserve history... E.g. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/letters-first-world-war-1915/ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/lette... Should we destroy these letters too?
  - altmind 7y ago
    When you die, there will be nobody to care about that
  - sushid 7y ago
    Oof, I'm guessing you're not a big fan of biographies or history books.