A true Californian, Al Shugart also championed the California Proposition 23 "none of the above" protest voting option, and tried to get his dog Ernest elected to congress.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/04/noneoftheabove/in dex.html

http://www.thetech.org/revolutionaries/shugart/i_d.html

http://primary2000.ss.ca.gov/VoterGuide/Propositions/23.htm

Is it Friday yet?

Paul Choate DDS Data Extraction (916) 654-2160

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of William W. Viergever Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:36 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: OT: RIP Al Shugart

Al Shugart, a pioneer in the computer disk drive industry and one of Silicon Valley's most colorful entrepreneurs, has died.

He was 76.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2072401,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL121406EO AD

this guy was a trip ... a little more from the article:

>Several years later, he founded Shugart Associates, an early >developer of the floppy disk drive, a device that helped usher in >the personal computing era by allowing comparatively large amounts >of data to be stored on a removable source. > >In 1974, Shugart's backers fired him and, almost broke, he moved to >Santa Cruz, opened a bar and bought a salmon-fishing boat, according >to BusinessWeek. "I had a tough time meeting my Porsche payments," >he told the magazine in a profile in 1996. > >Shugart, an avid surfer who had for years lived in Pebble Beach, >California, is survived by his wife Rita, four daughters, one son, >and seven grandchildren ...

all i have to add to this is ...

Porsche, There is No Substitute!!

out

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