Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:37:02 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Kudos to Richard (was Re: Scheduled Transfer Protocol on Linux) |
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So why are folks upset at Karen's behavior? Is this because of her "standards of conduct" nazi manifesto she posted to the list?
Jeff
Larry McVoy wrote: > > Richard says: > [sticks up for me in public, is not thrilled with Karen's behaviour] > > and then finishes up with: > > : [betting some people's chins will be banging the ground, never > : expecting me to say this;-] > > For those who don't know the background on this, Richard and I have > had knock-down, dragout, take-no-prisoners fights on this list about > scheduling. Hence the chins thunking on the keyboards around the world... > > Anyway, background aside, Richard just won sportsman of the year award. > It's not because he's sticking up for me - it's because he's sticking up > for good conduct on this list. He's nailing someone for what he sees > as basically unreasonable behaviour and he is doing that in spite of > our differences. It's even better than that - on a different, very > small, mailing list, he and I and David Parsons have been discussing the > init boot scripts and a rewrite of init that he's doing. On that list, > the last few exchanges from me have been beating up Richard about his > approach to this problem - hardly the most endearing thing I could > do in Richard's eyes. > > So here's a guy that has butted heads with me in the past, is butting > heads with me right now elsewhere, and still has the perspective and > integrity to speak for what he thinks is right, even though he may be > less than thrilled with who he is defending. > > I don't know about you, but I think Richard rates some points for good > sportsmanship and good integrity. My hat's off, Richard, way to set a > good example. > > --lm > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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