by James Martin
ISBN: 0139614419
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Thanks. Guess he's offered a mixed bag, judging from that.

For his 1977 (!) "The wired society: A challenge for tomorrow ( http://www.amazon.com/Wired-Society-challenge-tomorrow/dp/01... ) he was nominated for a Pulitzer.

Serial found of consultancy firms - and one bought by TI. And then wikip says,

"According to Computerworld’s 25th anniversary issue, he was ranked fourth among the 25 individuals who have most influenced the world of computer science."

But I'm outside of the inside-joke: why he gets no love from Edsger W. Dijkstra in the OP.