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Farewell to John Warnock, an internet pioneer whose invention actually made the world better (techxplore.com)

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Farewell to John Warnock, an internet pioneer whose invention actually made the world better::In June 1969, John E. Warnock achieved a milestone of sorts at the University of Utah by producing the shortest Ph.D. dissertation in the university's history.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tldr He wrote a paper that outlined a portable document format: the PDF.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Prett incredible. Imagine having that on your resume

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

And then submitting that resume as a 10pt Arial Word doc

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Indeed, John Warnock's invention of the PDF format has had a significant impact on the way we interact with documents in the digital age. It's remarkable how something as seemingly simple as a file format can revolutionize desktop publishing and streamline the sharing of documents across different platforms. His contributions to the internet and technology will certainly be remembered.