Article 1AZAH Garrett: Remembering David MacKay

Garrett: Remembering David MacKay

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Matthew Garrett remembersDavid MacKay, shortly after his passing. "I was already aware ofthe importance of free software in terms of developers, but working withDavid made it clear to me how important it was to users as well. Acommunity formed around Dasher, helping us improve it and allowing us todevelop support for new use cases that made the difference between someonebeing able to type at two words per minute and being able to managetwenty. David saw that this collaborative development would be vital tocreating something bigger than his original ideas, and it succeeded in wayshe couldn't have hoped for." (Thanks to Paul Wise)
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