[SPG_Active_Members] Ensmenger's "The Computer Boys Take
Over" MIT Press 2010
Richard P. Gabriel
rpg at dreamsongs.com
Thu Sep 2 17:08:08 PDT 2010
At 16:07 -0700 9/2/10, Paul McJones wrote:
> Dear Richard,
>
>I assume you are referring to the fact he used "principle" where he
>meant "principal". Is it possible he made an honest mistake?
>
>In any case, I agree with Al that it sounds like an interesting book
>and Ensmenger would likely be an interesting CHM speaker.
I enthusiastically agree. It's just too bad that his (uncorrected)
(probably honest) mistake leaves a less than perfect impression of
his carefulness as a scholar.
I sent him a note about the typo. (He could use more friends, I guess.)
-rpg-
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