Tim - you have to understand that Esther is trying to remain relevant in a world that increasingly sees her as last years meat rack. Ester knowns me, in fact she spent most of her last trip to Cairo trying to convence lawyers that I should be sued for something. She blames me for scaring off president Mubarak from the ICANN show. The woman is unfortunately paranoid and suffers from persecution dementia. Someday someone may wright a comedy on the lady, I consider it more tragedy. I think Ester would of been happier in life being a common housewife - or dominatrix. Unfortunately she was born into the Dyson clan and as a result has always been pushed to excell. But that has not been the case. On a technological front she is all show - no substance. And that show started early in life. She herself can confirm that her schooling at harvard was for no other purpose then socialization. I think meeting the right people was her angle for attendance. I understand her venture capital positions have mainly failed, her chairmanship of ICANN has been an absolute disaster. She's being disposed as the chair this november - that does not mean ICANN will be a better place - just less blond. She's not a blond you know - but she certainly has disposition of one. But alas Tim - I like her. I think she's sexy in her own special way. Ol gals ya know have some of the softtest skin ;-) Joe On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Tim May wrote:
By the way, a few minutes with Google turned up other instances of Esther Dyson's spamming.
Here's just one such URL, along with the opening paragraphs:
http://channel.nytimes.com/1998/03/28/technology/28dyson.html
March 28, 1998
I Got Spammed by Esther Dyson: Release, the Old-Fashioned Way
By LISA NAPOLI ecently, I got a note from the publisher of Release 1.0, the venerable newsletter put out by the venerable (and mythic) godmother of all things digital, Esther Dyson.
It wasn't a casual e-mail. It wasn't a letter asking me to write for the newsletter. It wasn't even a personal note asking me to have lunch, or attend her annual conference (which took place this week in Tucson, where, for the first time, non-Release subscribers were permitted to attend.)
The note was plain old-fashioned snail mail spam, asking me to fork over nearly 700 bucks for a subscription.
Dear Lisa,
Esther Dyson and Jerry Michalski believe that someone who's achieved your stature in our industry should be part of the Release 1.0 family. That's why they've suggested I write this letter to you.
Stature? How did they measure that? Did Jerry Michalski remember sitting at the same table with me at a conference luncheon once? Did Esther ever read my now deceased column, Hyperwocky? Did some computer notice my name on all those mailing lists?
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