At 10:43 2016-01-29, Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com wrote:

Kent Beck's memorial is touching:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/memories-of-ed-yourdon/109342194735...

My favourite part is this paragraph:

The intimacy of his response to my first question gave me courage to ask the question I really wanted to ask: "Why did you charge up the hill carrying the Y2K flag? People are calling you Chicken Little. Your reputation is gone." He replied that he hoped that would be the outcome. If he did nothing, serious problems would ensue for everyone. If he tried and succeeded (which he did), then his reputation was a small price to pay. I was stunned. I had finally built a reputation by that time and I couldn't imagine deliberately sacrificing it.

and rather answers about Y2K as raised earlier in this thread.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko