From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2009-08-21T20:51:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Why, oh why, _why?

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Michal Suchanek<hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:

>> Not sure if you are aware, but _why intentionally destroyed all his
>> work before leaving.   That's not consistent with "people come and
>> go".  I don't plan to set fire to my apartment when I move out....
>>
>
> Still it is completely your decision if you pack up your stuff and
> take it with you, leave it in the apartment or throw it away. The
> distinction between pack up your stuff and set your apartment on fire
> is not so clear in the digital world.
>
> Sure, taking down everything at once is somewhat odd but it's exactly
> the somewhat odd side of _why's work which is so inspiring. And even
> if his site is no longer around many have seen it and it has
> undoubtedly somewhat changed their perception of ruby the language,
> programming in general, the life and everything.

Yeah, I just wasn't sure if the OP was aware of what happened given
what he had said about 'this is just something that can happen when
people come and go'.
I used the example of setting the apartment on fire because it's
violent, and it affects other people, not just me.  That's closer to
what happened with _why.

The upside of course is unlike my apartment, _why's code can (and has
been) forked and mirrored:
http://whymirror.github.com/