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Article #625053Re: remembering MRC
From: Johnny Billquist
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:47
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:47
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On 2018-07-24 19:06, Questor wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 11:18:03 +0200, Johnny Billquist <b...@softjar.se> wrote:
>> How on earth did this become a MRC bashing thread by people who didn't
>> even know him, what he did, or what he wrote???
>
> Who are you accusing of bashing MRC, or not knowing what he did?
>
> This thread aptly demonstrates the saying (the origin of which is not clear)
> that "people may not remember what you said, but they will remember how you made
> them feel." Mark could be abrasive at times, and that stands out just as much
> as the contributions he made to the PDP-10 community.
To quote Mr. Espen above, since you don't seem to care to read the history:
"This MRC fellow doesn't sound like a nice person.
I've met more than a few people that acted like that and
never found it to be an endearing trait.
I know I'm smarter than average but don't see any point in
lording over the less gifted."
Or to quote you:
"> Yes, but he doesn't have to get unpleasant about it.
I wholeheartedly agree.
I don't know if Mark ever had a support job where he was expected to
help people
with less technical sophistication, so perhaps he could get a pass on being
polite. And certainly there were no expectations or requirements
regarding his
behavior on Usenet."
Johnny
--
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|| on a psychedelic trip
email: b...@softjar.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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