Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009)

Re:Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009) by nathell on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:04AM (#7303779)

The dates on Dan Weinreb's blog are all wrong for some reason. This post likely dates back to 2011 or before. (EDIT: Ah, corrected by the moderators, thanks.)

I had the pleasure of meeting Dan at ECLM 2008, four years before his death. He was hacking away on his XO-1 and showing around fancy things. A very memorable man. He's missed.

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Re:Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009) by CurtMonash on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @07:13AM (#7304421)

His blog seems to have JUST been rehosted by somebody. I got pingbacks on DBMS2 from it, with the new post dates, yesterday. It also looks quite different than it did before.

I miss Dan. One of the nicest guys in the industry.

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Re:Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009) by notacoward on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @08:01AM (#7304641)

I met Dan only once, despite working in some similar areas and living in the same town. I wish I'd had the chance to spend more time with him. He was very bright, very energetic, and very friendly. Mutual friends have said he was like that most of the time. He just wanted to understand stuff, and thought I could help (I'm the author of a blog post he says inspired this one), so he simply reached out and made a new friend. What a great hacker.

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Re:Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009) by pjmlp on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @04:35AM (#7303874)

Thanks, I searched for him but wasn't sure if it was the same Dan Weinreb, given the dates on the web site.

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Re:Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009) by avodonosov on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @08:15AM (#7304678)

Corrected by moderators? How corrected? The dates are still wrong

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Re:Why Did Symbolics Fail? (2009) by nathell on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @08:59AM (#7304889)

The original title didn't mention the date at all.

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