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It's funny, when I first read that sentence, I heard a very different tone in my head. I heard: "I expect to find..." in the sense a parent might say "I expect
by asolove 14y ago
It's funny, when I first read that sentence, I heard a very different tone in my head. I heard: "I expect to find..." in the sense a parent might say "I expect to find that you cleaned your room." Of course they don't expect it, but they do expect it.
Please remember that Prof. Abelson is one of the founders of Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation. He was undoubtedly chosen because of his credentials in the area of free culture. It is fairly insulting to suggest he will simply ignore the truth out of some unknown motive.
- michael_nielsen 14y agoJust to add to your list (Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation): Abelson also cofounded MIT Open Courseware, Public Knowledge, and he is a Director at the Center for Democracy and Technology. His contributions to free culture and technology are amazing.
- officemonkey 14y agoand an author of one of the more mind-expanding computer programming books ever.
- Buttons840 14y agoGood point, you can read his message two ways: 1) "I'm sure none of us did anything wrong." 2) "If any of us were wrong, then that's NOT OK."