One of the most influential men of the last 50 years died Thursday. His name was Dr. Henry Edward Roberts (1941-2010). Dr. Roberts was the man who put together a build-it-yourself computer kit. It was his computer kit that Bill Gates and Robert Allen (Microsoft Co-Founders) bought and made their first software work on.
Not many outside the computer world would know his name and frankly not that many in the industry either. Reading of his death made me think about how we influence others and that we are not really alone in our actions or inactions. This was something the parish priest touched on last week.
