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i think he's just bored. he's done it all and his name hasn't been in the press enough lately. although the latest ieee spectrum has him on the cover with a big slide rule. i gotta find the time to read that article. perhaps he's fishing for venture capital for something new and needs good press (or any press - or any press is good press). perhaps it has something to do with the internet :-) i used to think that he was ridiculous as well, but it's just too easy. he might not fully understand the issues but i'm sure that there are a hundred or so folks who used to work for him who would be glad to explain them to him over the phone. i think that there is a purpose here. Jeff Young [email protected] > Return-Path: [email protected] > Received: from postman.ncube.com (postman.ncube.com [134.242.8.47]) by postoffice.Reston.mci.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA11230 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 17:28:24 -0400 (EDT) > Received: from butler.ncube.com by postman.ncube.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) > id AA17877; Wed, 19 Jun 96 14:29:05 PDT > Received: from skynet.ncube.com by butler.ncube.com (5.0/SMI-SVR4) > id AA04523; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 14:27:57 +0800 > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 14:27:57 +0800 > From: [email protected] (Vadim Antonov) > Message-Id: <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: critique of NANOG meeting > Content-Type: text > Content-Length: 783 > > Jeff Young wrote: > > >metcalfe understands the issues only too well. only the truly > >blessed can blindly exploit half-truths. he is not blessed and > >he is not blind. > > >i have no doubt that his campaign will succeed. he is bright, has > >built companies, used to be a technically saavy engineer. the trick > >will be to bide our time, he will go away in the end. hopefully his > >winnings will be modest this time. > > You made him to look cunning and evil. I'd like to make him to > look ridiculous. That's harmless at least and there's a chance > that this will make him to go away. > > Actually i don't understand what his motivation is. It appears > that it is not material; and any decent person wouldn't just go > and use somebody else's problems as a ladder to do social climbing. > > --vadim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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