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BitTorrent's Bram Cohen isn't limited by Asperger's
- bootload 18y ago"... So why did Cohen agree to vote for the transaction? Speculation abounds, but one aspect of the transaction is suspicious ... That mostly means Cohen, who is reportedly getting the lion’s share of the 30% of the company put aside for current employees. Cohen, who has recently had highly publicized financial troubles, may have simply been bought off ..." ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=398803 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=398803 But ... here we have an allegation that might have a simpler explanation. I found this article in 'Business Week' reading through his blog. Don't let the lack of facts or another possible explanation get in the way of a good story.
- peregrine 18y agoYou will find A LOT of people with Asperger's in the computer world. Its very easy to become obsessed with something like C++ when its your job. I mean I can literally walk around my engineering campus and point out the students with Asperger's. Its really kind of scary.