Comment: Re:His Wikipedia entry is a bit sparse, too (Score 1) 358
It'd only be AfDed.
Comment: Re:Why wait til now to pursue possible legal actio (Score 4, Informative) 358
He's not. This is a spontaneous donation drive for which I am personally responsible.
I work for Charles Darwin University. You can look me up on their website and call me right now to confirm my identity if you like. Or rely on the fact that I've been on Slashdot for more than a decade.
Comment: Re:Felt bad until I read this..... (Score 1) 358
Update: that comment has since been deleted by its author after being corrected by Peter Tattam.
Comment: Re:Felt bad until I read this..... (Score 1) 358
He replied just above you, here's your golden opportunity.
Comment: Re:Updates to story (Score 1) 358
The end of the *Earth*, which is an important difference. ISPs near Alpha Centauri will still be in arrears.
Comment: Re:It was distributed on ISP disks, at no charge! (Score 2) 358
See the followup thread. Thanks to the donation drive, Peter has issued an amnesty for all individual users.
Comment: Re:Felt bad until I read this..... (Score 2) 358
That's life (or Slashdot, almost the same). In the meantime you can point people to the website and the followup thread:
http://thanksfortrumpetwinsock.com/
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2303337
Comment: Re:Felt bad until I read this..... (Score 4, Interesting) 358
Peter alerted me to the comment. He says that it is completely untrue.
Comment: Updates to story (Score 4, Informative) 358
I'm the guy at HN who started the appeal, including the related website.
See this thread for updates. In summary, in light of the hundreds of donations, Peter has issued an amnesty for all individual users of Trumpet Winsock up to the end of 2012.
Thanking Peter Tattam->
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Jacques Chester
Jacques Chester writes "If you connected to the internet in the early 90s, you probably remember a little blue-and-gold trumpet icon. It was Trumpet Winsock, created by Peter Tattam, and it made it possible for millions to get online for the first time ever, kickstarting the web revolution.
Through Trumpet Winsock I found slashdot, linux and a whole world of interesting people and fascinating subjects.
Its creator, Peter Tattam, received almost no payments for the millions of copies distributed by ISPs and magazines.
In one of those weird sudden internet events, you can now pay Peter for his work, which made the interwebs accessible so long ago.
Thanks, Peter."
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Through Trumpet Winsock I found slashdot, linux and a whole world of interesting people and fascinating subjects.
Its creator, Peter Tattam, received almost no payments for the millions of copies distributed by ISPs and magazines.
In one of those weird sudden internet events, you can now pay Peter for his work, which made the interwebs accessible so long ago.
Thanks, Peter."
Link to Original Source