A Tribute to Ray Nimmer

I expect you are reading this because you knew Ray Nimmer, or met him, or heard him speak, or read something he wrote, or knew of his reputation. When I decided in 2001 that I wanted my niche as a scholar to revolve around law as it applies to software and the business of software, I traveled this progression backwards. After learning about Ray's books and treatises on computer and information law, I started reading what he wrote. Fortune intervened with my appointment to the law faculty at the University of Houston Law Center in 2002, and I progressed to hearing Ray speak, meeting him, and getting to know him as a faculty colleague and friend. Along the way, however, I never stopped reading what Ray wrote, and I don't expect that I ever will.