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____/ Homer on Saturday 12 July 2008 22:04 : \____
> Joe Barr died suddenly last night, aged 64.
>
> In addition to his work at Linux.com, he became infamous for a scathing
> attack on MPlayer [*], but some may also remember his dweebspeak primer,
> in which he related details of the Microsoft Munchkins' attacks on OS2:
>
> http://www.pjprimer.com/jihad.html
>
> A memorial tribute by Linux.com:
>
> http://www.linux.com/feature/141548
>
> [*]
>
http://linux.sys-con.com/read/32880.htm?CFID=738850&CFTOKEN=15C6AC3A-1584-13C2-905311AE45151678
>
http://web.njit.edu/all_topics/Prog_Lang_Docs/html/mplayer/users_against_developers.html
He was a great writer and a good guy (I left my condolences this morning).
You mention an attack on MPlayer. Did you know about his attack on Enderle?
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