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Damn it, Greg -- if you keep this up I'll be persona non grata on half the ScienceBlogs I read.
Time to dust off the Secret Identity, I guess.
That truly was a great comment on many levels. How many core Windows system developers spend time reading newsgroups or forums to learn from their users, and to help them understand the sytem better when they have a question or concern? I'm guessing that number isn't very large.
Kudos to Linus Torvalds for being one of the world's top developers, and as well to D.C. Sessions for helping to introduce his daughter's boyfriend to one of the best resources for Linux problems.
Mind, this was quite some time ago and he's since then gone and gotten a BSCS degree (as well as long ago breaking up with $DAUGHTER.) Funny thing is, he's now my son's roommate. As far as I know he's back to being WinWashed, but them's the breaks.