Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died

Post by bryanrasmussen » Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 12:09 PM UTC

bux93 wrote: post #8

kragen wrote: post #3

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Newby did an enormous amount to help Project Gutenberg, but he was not its CEO or founder. Probably if you want to thank one person for the project it should be Michael Hart (PBUH). As WP explains: > Newby got involved with Project Gutenberg in 1991 or 1992, became friends with founder Michael S. Hart, and was "undoubtedly the most consequential volunteer", according to a scholar writing about the history of the proj…

Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.

Post by sevensor » Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 12:10 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 12:12 PM UTC

brobdingnagians wrote: post #9

duk3luk3 wrote: post #5

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Your citation appears to directly contradict your argument. How did this happen?

Sad that my first thought was "AI".

Post by sevensor » Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 12:13 PM UTC

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #11

bux93 wrote: post #8

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Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.

I'm generally pretty good at figuring out even the most abstruse jokes, but not getting this one. Care to explain?

Post by kragen » Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 12:17 PM UTC

benterix wrote: post #18

kragen wrote: post #12

Just to clarify, Greg Newby was not the CEO of Project Gutenberg, which was founded in 01971, but of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, which he founded in 02000 or 02001. It has contributed immensely to Project Gutenberg, but they are not the same thing. Newby would never have attempted to take credit for PG. Edit: the post title has been fixed now.

You got me curious about the leading zero.