I'm not sure who else your refering to (perhaps David Miller who can also
have those qualities). Mr. Johnson has been guilty of the same sort of
things..
I feel it is approiate for their comments. LM is actually, being preety
well behaved in this situation and has made two very reasonable requests:
Provide a solid explanation of his results (i.e. turn off cache and show
that the varience goes away) and/or make some changes and show a REAL
application that it helps.
Perhaps the price of being right so much is that you sound too sure. :)
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Ed Strong wrote:
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
> I have been monitoring this list from time-to-time. It seems to
> me that there are at least two persons "own" the list and reject
> out-of-hand, helpful and correct input from some very experienced
> Engineers.
>
> In particular, one engineer, Mr. Johnson, who I have had the priviledge
> of working with for over 10 years, is continually excoriated by these two
> "know-it-alls" when, in fact, they don't display a modicum of the
> knowledge that they profess.
>
> This engineer has made prodigious contributions to the state-of-the
> art over the past 30 or more years. Included are over 18 US and
> foreign Patents, 3 complete Operating System designs, and numerious
> accomplishments that are unrelated, such as the world's first all
> solid-state Television transmitter.
>
> It is Engineers such as this that you should be listening to, not
> the likes of those who engage in such child-play. I have been
> quiet over the past year, but the document that Mr. Johnson showed
> me today was the last straw. One of these linux-kernel misfits has
> modified his mail-server to echo mail received from Mr. Johnson's
> machine into a loop-back.
>
> I have now removed myself from the linux-kernel list so I don't
> get the same trash. Goodbye and good luck to those who remain.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Edward Strong, Ph.D.
>
>
>
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