Actually, that seems like a low estimate. I think I remember him already having coined that term when I was buying his books 20 years ago...

...And Don was already Old School then...

...so how long did it take before your copy of The Incredible Secret Money Machine was ripped off :-)

I proactively bought gift copies...

Seriously, it is amazing how way ahead of the curve he was. ISMM was originally published when Tim Ferriss was only 1 year old, but the only real difference between it and 4 Hour Work Week is the scale that the Internet makes available. Every time some hungry hacker blogs about supplementing his income by selling photos on some stock photography site--man, it's deja vu all over again.