Wednesday February 21, 2007 Almost-Sir James Gosling
Scanning my news feeds just now I spotted the fact that James Gosling has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Tim Bray's view as a fellow Canadian is that this is the first appointment of a programmer to the Order, and a welcome change from honouring people famous just for being famous. James is one of the nicest geeks I know on the planet and I am delighted that he's been honoured with Canada's equivalent of a knighthood. Congratulations, James!
Posted by webmink
( Feb 21 2007, 05:27:40 PM PST )
Permalink
links for 2007-02-21
-
Seems Dell users want OpenOffice.org pre-installed.
-
Great time of year to visit Barcelona.
-
The FOSDEM team wanted an interview with me ahead of my keynote in Brussels next weekend. It's a bit patchy and several things beg explanation. So come to FOSDEM and ask!
Posted by webmink
( Feb 21 2007, 01:23:20 AM PST )
Permalink
