[ih] Searching a Letter by Mike Padlipsky

[Matthias Bärwolff]

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc531.txt

You've "been trying for long time to find it"? [couldn't resist that quote,
sorry]

Best of luck
Matthias

2011/8/10 Andreu Veà i Baró <landreu at gmail.com>

> Dear All,****
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> In one of my personal interviews to Jake Feinler, she said (excerpt from my
> transcription):****
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> “Once in the 70s a newcomer network manager sent a message to all sites on
> the network telling them to send him hardcopy listings of all their
> software. This created an uproar on the net because it would have been very
> time consuming and the results would have been useless. Mike Padlipsky, who
> is an old timer and a beautiful writer, composed a perfectly "straight"
> letter saying how many reams of paper it would take to list all the software
> at MIT Multics, the volume of the paper, the fact that a truck would be
> needed to transport the listings, where would they like it delivered, and to
> whom should they charge the expenses incurred. I think that ended the
> request for print-outs of software. Maybe Mike still has a copy of that
> letter. It was a gem. “  ****
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> I’ve been trying for long time to find it, without any fortune. I was
> wondering if anybody here can have access to it or give me a clue on where
> to find it. ****
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> I know he would be happy to share it with me…but I’m too late as I came to
> know few weeks ago that sadly he passed away.****
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>           &reu****
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> ****
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>    My last picture taken from him ****
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>    (Halloween party with Paul Mockapetris et al. @ LA)****
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>    2004-10-30****
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> Dr. Andreu Veà****
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> Internet Society (ISOC-ES)****
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> President of the Board****
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> WiWiW.org (Who is Who in the Internet)****
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> Founder & Director****
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> andreu at vea.cat****
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