Alan Kotok

Alan Kotok (November 9, 1941 – May 26, 2006) was an American computer scientist at Digital Equipment Corporation, the World Wide Web Consortium and MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He is also remembered for contributions to Kotok-McCarthy and Spacewar! created with classmates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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"I'm opposed to any sport that reduces the coefficient of friction between me and the ground."

- Alan Kotok

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"I'm suspicious of any mode of transportation that requires a running start."

- Alan Kotok

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"It's hard to lose weight when you're dining on the company's money."

- Alan Kotok

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"We hadn't invented 'Not Invented Here', yet."

- Alan Kotok

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