welsch@houxu.UUCP (05/13/84)
I found Tim Maroney's series of articles most illuminating and I am surprised no one has commented on them. I would be most interested in hearing what Capt. Ralph A. Mason, Tim Seaver, Steven Bellovin, and Frederick P. Brooks Jr. have to say. Larry Welsch houxu!welsch
reid@uwvax.ARPA (05/14/84)
I, too, found Tim's case history interesting and disturbing... I think they are giving him the shaft, and I would like to see a little fairness on their parts. UUCP-net is by nature an informal and relaxed forum, and it is almost as important to be able to "get to know" our colleagues as it is to just provide and seek information. I am much more likely to bend over backward for a "personality" I like on the net than for some miscellaneous person wanting some obscure piece of information. I happend to think that Tim Maroney adds much to the quality of life on the net. What can we do to help, Tim??? Glenn Reid ..seismo!uwvax!reid
gam@proper.UUCP (Gordon Moffett) (05/24/84)
@ I, too, found the Five-Part series interesting and a poor reflection on the staff of UNC. I had sent a letter to Brooks at UNC but have since retracted it, as I didn't feel appropriate to deliver my ire to him at this time. Neither the original letter nor the retraction have been responded to. ... and just what do you suppose has since happened to unc!tim (that is, his account at unc)?
shebs@utah-cs.UUCP (Stanley Shebs) (05/30/84)
I also found the material very interesting. For my part, I intend to boycott UNC and say nasty things about them frequently. It's quite obvious that they do not qualify as a real university, and I will take care to avoid the place... stan the l.h.
lepreau@utah-cs.UUCP (06/29/84)
Looks like the old IBM'er in Fred Brooks isn't all dead.