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Spolsky is a star?
by create_account 18y ago
Spolsky is a star?
- johns 18y agoIn the programming/blogging/startup sector? Yes. Like or dislike Joel, you would know who JL was referring to if she had mentioned him just by his first name.
- boucher 18y agoI find it amusing you singled him out. Of the three, he's without a doubt the most well known.
- nostrademons 18y agoHuh? I'd think that Mitch Kapor is far, far more well-known. I can go up to my parents and talk about Mitch Kapor and they'll say "Oh, the Lotus 1-2-3 guy that used to do transcendental meditation." If I mention Joel Spolsky, they'll be like "Who?"
- william42 18y agoI know exactly who Spolsky is but I've never heard of Mitch Kapor. At all.
- jfarmer 18y agoI think that says more about you than either Joel Spolsky or Mitch Kapor, honestly.
- icky 18y agoAt the time of this posting, your post is 43 minutes old. Do you still not know who Mitch Kapor is?
- ajross 18y agoI think this is very much a generational thing. Spolsky writes a trendy blog that anyone reading Hacker News will be familiar with. Kapor, like Gates, is one of the titans of the early PC world. But that also means his most relevant work (Chandler being only famous for failing in an interesting way) happened before many of the readers here were born.
- jedc 18y agoVery true. Younger people don't know you unless you blog, apparrently!
- helveticaman 18y agoI'm under twenty-five, and know who Mitch Kapor is. Lotus notes, right?
- Tichy 18y agoAnother question, how relevant is Kapor to our daily work TODAY? I don't happen to use Lotus Notes, but I have learned a thing or two from Joel's articles. That is why I remember his name and keep reading his blog.
- nostrademons 18y agoDo you use Microsoft Office or any other integrated office suite? Lotus 1-2-3 was the first major integrated business software to run on the IBM PC.
- Tichy 18y agoI don't mean to diminish it's achievement, it is just that it does not play a big role in my life. I use Open Office maybe 20 times a year to write some business letters. That's it.
- hooande 18y agoYou should read Jessica's book...it's really very good. She has detailed interviews with many of the people who started the technology boom. If you're going to spend a lot of time thinking about tech startups, it can't hurt to learn the history.
- mrtron 18y agoIt is a great book. It is especially a great book if you don't have much time to read and can just pick it up and read a story in a short period of time.
- Tichy 18y agoSame here.
- ericwan 18y agoMitch Kapor is definitely more well-known.