Talk:Peter H. Salus

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Delete "a compassionate and great human being" ?[edit]

While this may be true for those who know the guy, does it really belong in an encyclopedia article?

I'm imagining a Reliable Source for the assertion. "In addition, a New York Times survey of psychology and communication professionals concurred that Peter Salus was a top bloke"? - David Gerard 13:29, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Finding his universities[edit]

This web search can be used to generate book and journal citations, that will list Salus' universities: Google Scholar

There might even be a short bio in one of them that would making the additions easier. Lentower (talk) 23:12, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Two Photos?[edit]

two photos. is there a reason for this? FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 12:50, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why not? The caption on the second adds some color and interest to the article. Lentower (talk) 17:21, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

More sources[edit]

Two interviews from Vienna in 2009: ^[1] ^[2] - David Gerard (talk) 09:53, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "derStandard.at". DER STANDARD.
^ "Peter Salus: "In Wirklichkeit nutzt heute jeder Linux"". www.computerwoche.de.

[1] "derStandard.at". DER STANDARD.

[2] "Peter Salus: "In Wirklichkeit nutzt heute jeder Linux"". www.computerwoche.de.

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