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The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet.
Alan Kay
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Alan Kay
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: May 17
Computer Scientist
Jazz Guitarist
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Alan Curtis Kay
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A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.
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School is basically about one point of view - the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the idea of having different points of view.
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