On Apr 30, 2025, at 9:11 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
Who'd have ever thought, back in the day, that it would turn into what it did? Well, probably John Brunner, whom I (sadly) never met, who was there before any of us.)
The reference here is to Shockwave Rider, by John Brunner in 1975.
I did meet him once. He came by PARC to talk to John Shoch and John Hupp, who
had written a network “worm” after Brunner’s naming. A very prescient author!