There was some mentions that he spend some time in the private sector since "then". Anybody knows what he was doing? Pierre Uszynski pierre@shell.portal.com
There was some mentions that he spend some time in the private sector since "then". Anybody knows what he was doing?
Pierre Uszynski
He was head of MCC in Austin for several years and then his own company, a kind of high-tech holding company (Westmark was the name, I think). I recall seeing a company selling crypto products, "Ultron," in 1988 or so, and noting the mention that it was a division of Inman's company, Westmark. I've followed Inman's career since I first heard of him in 1979, during the crypto flap, and especially since reading about him in 1982 in "The Puzzle Palace." --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Note: I put time and money into writing this posting. I hope you enjoy it.
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1993 23:45:44 -0800 From: Pierre Uszynski <pierre@shell.portal.com>
There was some mentions that he spend some time in the private sector since "then". Anybody knows what he was doing?
Well, part of the time he was heading up MCC, the Austin-based research consortium. Someday y'all can buy me a beer and I'll tell you the saga of my 3.5 years at MCC, about 2.5 of which overlapped with Inman. But as a leader I'd say his biggest strength was his incredible intelligence and ability to deal with almost any problem. He never let *anything* faze him. He was a good leader, too, giving MCC just the right profile in the eyes of the people (corporate CEOs mostly) who were signing our sponsorship checks. Biggest weakness: trusting the wrong people. His "Chief Scientist" underling was a joke and he let too many of the wrong people do too many of the wrong things while they worked for him. --Alan Wexelblat, Reality Hacker, Author, and Cyberspace Bard Media Lab - Advanced Human Interface Group wex@media.mit.edu Voice: 617-258-9168 Page: 617-945-1842 an53607@anon.penet.fi The belief that enhanced understanding will necessarily stir a nation to action is one of mankind's oldest illusions.
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