The Xanadu Dream
Great article of ancient computer lore.
He is the archetypal borderline autistic, non-conformist, free-thinking technologist. Any resemblance between Ted and your average programmer is, I’m sure, completely coincidental.
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Xanadu, a global hypertext publishing system, is the longest-running vaporware story in the history of the computer industry. It has been in development for more than 30 years.
(via Coding Horror)
