Micro #1 (was: Re: Micro Class Association)

Sakari - you're right. Carl started first though...
Best, Pippo

--- Inbolger@egroups.com, Sakari Aaltonen <sakaria@c...> wrote:

> Just to put the record straight--the first Micro launched was built
> by Martti Fredrikson of Valkeakoski, Finland, who beat Carl Adler
> by 2 months. I had a short correspondence with Mr. Fredrikson
> recently; he said he had sold the Micro a few years ago, having
> thus sailed it for about fourteen years...

Some time ago, Giuseppe 'Pippo' Bianco wrote:

>Hi Peter - the Murphy law about good ideas like yours says that you'll
>eventually find somebody who had had the same idea well before
>yourself. In fact Carl Adler, first hero to wack a Micro together,
>proposed that symbol about 15 years ago in response to a call for ideas
>issued by Elrow La Rowe. However, in the astronomical community, late
>discoveries, if demostrated independent, such as a new comet or
>asteroid, are recognized as original, so congratulations anyhow!

Just to put the record straight--the first Micro launched was built
by Martti Fredrikson of Valkeakoski, Finland, who beat Carl Adler
by 2 months. I had a short correspondence with Mr. Fredrikson
recently; he said he had sold the Micro a few years ago, having
thus sailed it for about fourteen years...


Sakari Aaltonen