Re: Fwd: Doug Engelbart

Bob Braden <braden@isi.edu> Wed, 03 July 2013 19:12 UTC

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Wikipedia defines "genius" as "a person who displays exceptional 
intellectual ability, creativity, or originality"
All three applied to Doug Engelbart. He belongs up there with other 
creative  geniuses I have had the privilege of meeting during 50 years 
in computing -- Al Perlis,   Dick Hamming, John McCarthy,and Don Knuth 
come immediately to mind.

Bob Braden'