My name is also Peter Norton and so in the 90s I was introduced to this Peter F. Norton because he had bought the art of, and stayed in touch with one of the cofounders of the internet 1.0 company where I worked (whose name was also Peter).
He said that he was happy because he had always had art in his life, so when he sold his company and embarked on a life as an art collector (he was the premier collector of southern California art for a while iirc) he was very happy with his life.
One time in Georgetown Seattle, the guy who ran the fantagtaphics store recognized my name. For a while the other Peter F Norton was talking with MS (remember when they stole the disk defragmenter and didn't pay for it?), and this guy, he ran an art gallery near what is now the art museum, and Peter would apparently budget to just buy a bunch of art from his gallery each visit. So his art collection was always a passion and always a part of him.
He said that he was happy because he had always had art in his life, so when he sold his company and embarked on a life as an art collector (he was the premier collector of southern California art for a while iirc) he was very happy with his life.
One time in Georgetown Seattle, the guy who ran the fantagtaphics store recognized my name. For a while the other Peter F Norton was talking with MS (remember when they stole the disk defragmenter and didn't pay for it?), and this guy, he ran an art gallery near what is now the art museum, and Peter would apparently budget to just buy a bunch of art from his gallery each visit. So his art collection was always a passion and always a part of him.