Luc Sala
Lucius Hendrikus Dominicus Josephus (Luc) Sala (born 13 December 1949, in Leiden) is a Dutch entrepreneur and writer. Career. Sala graduated as a physics drs (Ir.n.i.) in 1976 at the Delft University of Technology. He graduated in economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He worked for Fasson, Bruynzeel and Philips, but in 1982 he found the media company Sala Communications. With his own company Sala began the publication of various computer magazines in the early years of the personal computer, amongst others "Commodore-Info" and "Dealer-Info". He also wrote various books and organized computer fairs such as  Commodore-Info, the "PC Dumpdag" and the "PC Infodag". In 1987 Sala began the computer shop BCE, originally as a trade point for second-hand hardware. In the 1990s BCE became a chain store for PC's and hardware. After his computer period Sala mainly occupied himself with New Age and spirituality. He was in contact with amongst others Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Jaron Lanier and John Perry Barlow. In 1999 Sala entered politics, taking part in the European Parliament elections with his "Lijst Sala", struggling against corruption. He was campaign leader for the party "Duurzaam Nederland" and third on  the candidate list. These initiatives failed to gain substantial support. Leading up to the year 2000 Sala repeatedly warned about the millennium bug and its possible consequences. Since 2003 he is active as a columnist for a free Amsterdam newspaper.