Comment by jll29

5 years ago

> At her thoughtful suggestion, we are shipping a workstation out with us

He sure picked the right woman.

The Web being the Web, there's more, courtesy Wikipedia: "He met his wife, Katherine Anna Kang, at the 1997 QuakeCon when she visited id's offices. As a bet, Kang challenged Carmack to sponsor the first All Female Quake Tournament if she was able to produce a significant number of participants. Carmack predicted a maximum of 25 participants, but there were 1,500. Carmack and Kang married on January 1, 2000, and planned a ceremony in Hawaii. Steve Jobs requested that they would postpone the ceremony so he could attend the MacWorld Expo on January 5, 2000. Carmack declined and suggested making a video instead."

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wpietri 5 years ago

Wait, what?

I ran down the source for that. It's Carmack himself, and the full story makes Jobs look even worse: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825...

yakireev 5 years ago
Okay, now I need a similar story telling me how Carmack is full of shit too, to restore the balance. Otherwise I will keep feeling sad that we don't have more of Carmacks (and, if I may, less of Jobs/Bezos)
- speps 5 years ago
  
  I'd suggest reading this[1], it's a quick read and paints a slightly different picture, probably still biased as everything is in society in general but you get a different side of the coin regarding Carmack. It's then up to you to decide if you like him more or less :)
  [1] https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushn...
- moffkalast 5 years ago
  
  Well he's CTO of Oculus these days, representing the worst business practices the VR industry has to offer. So he can't possibly not be full of shit.
  
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