Talk:David J. Farber
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[edit] Proposed Merge
It's proposed that David Farber be merged into this page rather than the other way around. They both refer to the same individual, but his web pagelists him as David J. Farber. (This page includes useful information not available on either existing page.) Searching on both terms turns up more results for David J. Farber. Jim 22:13, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, just do it. I know this guy (Farber) personally, and both articles are quite definitely referring to Prof. David J. Farber. I'd set "David Farber" as a redirect to "David J. Farber" unless/until such time as another famous "David Farber" arises, requiring a disambiguation page. Sames goes for "Dave Farber", which is how most people refer to him informally. I'll let someone else who's done a merge successfully tackle this, otherwise I would have just done it already. Don't want to break anything! User:SMcCandlish 16:11, 23 February 2006 (EST)
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- I know him too - both articles are the same Dave - and so I've merged them. Jim
[edit] Credentials
I think Farber's a great guy, but so far as I know he doesn't have an earned doctorate. Should the references to "Dr. Farber" not be changed to "Prof. Farber"?
[edit] Microsoft Trial
Farber testified at the Microsoft trial. My recollection was that he made very conservative claims about what an operating system is or is not. Around that time he was presented in the media as an "inventor of the internet", although I don't know if he makes that claim anymore (CSNET was more about UUCP email exchanges over phone lines between some universities, but they did develope a program that interfaced their UUCP system with the actual internet). DonPMitchell 22:22, 12 November 2007 (UTC)