> Surely you were already rubbing shoulders with the Internet giants of old?
I was, but I just didn't see Eric that way, I guess because I saw him all the time? I mean looking back, there were quire a few Internet giants that either worked there or hung out at the office, but that email with Paul was the one that really got me. Maybe because the response was that data I was creating was getting mirrored to a-root.
This reminds me of a time in the nineties I was at USENIX LISA conference and got into an elevator with a gentleman with a badge that read "Eric Allman". I (barely) restrained myself from exclaiming "You are Eric Allman!"
I was, but I just didn't see Eric that way, I guess because I saw him all the time? I mean looking back, there were quire a few Internet giants that either worked there or hung out at the office, but that email with Paul was the one that really got me. Maybe because the response was that data I was creating was getting mirrored to a-root.