Yup, I learned to program from him. We worked together writing web server software and stuff for O'Reilly in the *old* days (same server that runs the internet version of ACP). Fascinating guy. Great teacher. Cantankerous, stubborn and smart :) His creating the ASCOM codebase and getting it the wide acceptance it now has is a pretty amazing one-man-show effort.
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From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam on behalf of Richard Crisp
Sent: Sun 3/20/2005 12:46 PM
To: The Astronomy Connection
Subject: Re: [TAC] Dr Bob's Messier 50yd dash
I had no idea you knew bob denny
i use his acp all the time for linking focusmax to my ccd program
good software
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From: "Mark Bracewell" <mbracewell@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:32 PM
Subject: RE: [TAC] Dr Bob's Messier 50yd dash
A friend of mine, another Bob, has written software that will do a 110
object marathon with pictures, all automated:
http://scheduler.dc3.com/marathon.html
Subject: [TAC] Dr Bob's Messier 50yd dash