I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.

I've done a reasonable amount of travelling, which I enjoyed, but not for too long at a time.

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

For books, I don't read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science.

Some consider UNIX to be the second most important invention to come out of AT&T Bell Labs after the transistor.

I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.

I listen to mostly-classical music, but mostly by radio - I'm not an audiophile.