Re: Kernel Threads: Dr. Russinovich's response

J. S. Connell (ankh@canuck.gen.nz)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:59:13 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> Note that the so-called Doctor is probably just a pen-name he uses in
> the NT rag. He is a salesman for NT and most everybody knows NT needs
> salesmen. It doesn't run on its own merits.

While Dr. Russinovich may have erroneous ideas in the field of UNIX, I
feel he is as entitled to defense as anyone else might be:

> Mark Russinovich
> Mark earned his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994 where his
> thesis topic was software-based, application-transparent fault
> tolerance. He is currently a contributing editor for Dr. Dobb's Journal
> and Windows NT Magazine, and is an NT internals researcher for a large
> company. Mark lives in Danbury, Connecticut and can be reached at
> mark@sysinternals.com.

While this is somewhat offtopic to this list, Mark Russinovich, along with
Bryce Cogswell, has written a number of extremely useful programs for NT
that have an essential place in my NT toolbox.

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Jeffrey Sean Connell | Networking/Telecommunications Engineer, GXC
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