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FWIW, I don't know how issues related to Arsdigita will turn out. And it's certianly none of my business. However, I **DO** want to share that I for one think Mr. Greenspun has performed a distinguished public service in sharing the fruits of his intellect and efforts as he has -- many many times over many many years. He is certianly one who I think quite highly of and admire. Just today, like many days, I printed off some of his writings at work -- to bring home and read to further my IT education and understanding. Earlier this evening, as I was reading his writing, I was impressed at how well he gets his major conceptual points across -- with flair, class AND in a lively and entertaining manner. As a professional programmer/analyst for the last 12 years, I've always found that it was having a good conceptual framework and understanding that has helped me to do so well in IT compared to many of my peers who simp...