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John Socha, Creator of Norton Commander

15 pointsby begoonover 1 year ago

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raszover 1 year ago
&quot;Norton Commander Copyright (C) 1986 by Peter Norton&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wetmachine.com&#x2F;my-thoughts-exactly&#x2F;ghost-writer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wetmachine.com&#x2F;my-thoughts-exactly&#x2F;ghost-writer&#x2F;</a><p>&gt;I was ego surfing today when I came upon this link to a book “Inside the Sun386i and Sun486i” by Peter Norton and, to my great astonishment, me.<p>&gt;And it turned out that I was going to have to write a 400 or so page book. For which I was going to be given, I think, a $3,000 advance against royalties. The book was going to say “By PETER NORTON” and there would be a tiny “with John Sundman” at the bottom. Norton was not required to do any writing or editing;