[k1w1]

It is always interesting to read genesis stories. I was especially surprised as I was reading this story to discover that the first prototype was built using the Javelin Stamp which I created. It is particularly ironic given that the rise in popularity of the Arduino was probably a contributing factor to the waning of interest in the Javelin Stamp.

Not to belittle the contributions of Hernando, he did great work. But so often each incremental step in technology is made with the help and inspiration from those who came before. It is the very nature of open source that it will be embraced and expanded.

Anyway, I was gratified to see now, that something I worked on 18 years ago would intersect with a such an interesting story, even if only in a tangential way.

[bhagman]

Hernando has always held that he didn't make something massively different. All he did was bring together technologies and experience to an area that had a huge gap between entry level users and experts.

He has always gone by the quote: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants" (from Isaac Newton). He fully recognizes that none of the work he did would be possible without the amazing work done by people before him.

So, all I have to say is: Thank you! Without people like you, the state of electronics and education in technology wouldn't be where it is today.

BTW, the Javelin Stamp, and it's predecessors, were all incredible feats of engineering and science. As well as the Propeller!