Story: Software That Doesn't Suck With Jim Blandy
CoRecursive: Coding Stories
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Hacking on Code for a Comunity in Virginia
The mosaic web browser came out in 19 93. It was the year of Jim Kingdon, an amazing hacker who created a protocol to make it possible for people to collaborate across the net using version control systems. He didn't publish his code; he just used it himself and shared it with others. The first time i saw him I said "Do you think i could get a copy of this codas?" And so he sent me a tar ball of sources that were all on one machine at once. Nkem A gaviska: You don't have to ask any questions if you don't want to be told what's going on. We're not talking about computers here but
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