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Diego and I first met in 1997. I had recently finished the Master of SoftwareEngineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Diego had just started in the MSE program. Diego was a hacker’s hacker.
Not many people know the story of what would become one of the most widely used software products ever. I learned about it from a case study for my Software Project Management class in 1997, what follows is my summary ( original here , or Google it). If only it were that simple. A much better argument was made (in 1986!)
Diego and I first met in 1997. I had recently finished the Master of SoftwareEngineering ( MSE ) program at Carnegie Mellon and gone full time on my first startup. IndexTank (@ IndexTank ) has been acquired by LinkedIn ! Diego had just started in the MSE program. Diego was a hacker’s hacker.
When I first got there in 1997, I was taken aback by what I perceived as a display of wealth on campus. Going to CMU for my Masters in SoftwareEngineering was one of the single best decisions I’ve ever made. With Carnegie Mellon, it’s a different story. They certainly don’t need my money.
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