And because that was very early days of the World Wide Web and of archive, everybody was very open, very eager to make new friends. Still nowadays, ARXIV, hosts the leading edge, not just artificial intelligence, but many other fields of research. So, the head of my school said, yeah, tomorrow you don’t have to go to school anymore. I see your point. I read the email printouts. And without her blessing, because it’s compulsory education I would not be able to start a company so soon and lead to the free software and open-source community that you mentioned later. So that very much was a watershed day for me.

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