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by schoen 1952 days ago
Huh! This reminded me that I once knew that there were two different people called Jon/John Hall, and then forgot.

I've met Maddog a number of times, most often in Brazil. It's amazing how much of a celebrity he is for Brazilians; there would sometimes literally be a long line of people waiting to be photographed with him.

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He was/is one of the very few "open source luminaries" I actually think highly of as a person. Ted Tso, Jeremy Allison are a few others. Highly intelligent, highly thoughtful people. Working with them was a treasured experience.
> It's amazing how much of a celebrity he is for Brazilians

Are you kidding? He looks like Santa!