X and NeWS history

This is also an important example of how limiting an anti-social attitude can be when trying to collaborate and have a large affect on the world. As brilliant as Jon is, he wasted an inordinate amount of time making up for constantly insulting people, places, and approaches. (Even today he couldn't avoid insulting all of Tulsa OK).

Imagine where windowing systems could be if his brilliant work, API thoughts, and insights weren't delivered with insults, arrogance and vitriol.

At the end it is sad that he was proud of being right even though he was an _hole (his word). It could have been that he was right and his best ideas were in common use.

I didn't realize people were so sensitive in the field. Compared to Linus, Theo de Raadt, Richard Stallman, etc, Jon seemed to be cruising at a comfortable level of Germanic straight-forward truth-telling, no real aholishness I could detect. Guess I should reset my etiquette and politeness filters.

I note that the people you name all built their communities through work they did well outside the corporate world.