Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Kudos to Richard (was Re: Scheduled Transfer Protocol on Linux) | Date | Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:17:29 -0800 | From | Larry McVoy <> |
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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
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