It's great to hear such a great historical account from maddog. I was working at the LTC when maddog made one of his trips to Austin that he talked about in the article, so I had the pleasure of chatting with him over lunch. This was somewhere around 20 years ago.
It's always fascinating to hear what a septuagenarian considers to be the "inflection points" of their career. It's especially striking how my own inflection points interweave with theirs. I was right in the middle of the SCO bullshit, but I'm not sure I'm allowed to talk about some of it. Maybe enough corporate lawyers have retired and/or died by now that I can finally say what I want anyway. If I can find the motivation.
I'm glad maddog is still sharing his story, as I find as I get older that I care less and less about sharing anything with anyone on the Internet. Any conversation of any significance to me tends to happen face-to-face these days, so it hardly seems worth it to share or engage with anyone I don't know personally.
It's always fascinating to hear what a septuagenarian considers to be the "inflection points" of their career. It's especially striking how my own inflection points interweave with theirs. I was right in the middle of the SCO bullshit, but I'm not sure I'm allowed to talk about some of it. Maybe enough corporate lawyers have retired and/or died by now that I can finally say what I want anyway. If I can find the motivation.
I'm glad maddog is still sharing his story, as I find as I get older that I care less and less about sharing anything with anyone on the Internet. Any conversation of any significance to me tends to happen face-to-face these days, so it hardly seems worth it to share or engage with anyone I don't know personally.