[NCLUG] Linux 2.4 Kernel Pool Results
Quent
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Mon Jan 8 12:23:51 MST 2001
Nice work on being slashdotted :-)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/08/0024234&mode=thread
Quent
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 12:54:37AM -0700, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> DING DING DING! We have a winner!
>
> As some of you may know, the 2.4 kernel was released January 4, 2001 at
> 23:00. Everybody knows about the contributions of the front-line people
> like Linus "Mush-for-brains" Torvalds. There are a lot of people behind
> the scenes who make it all happen that you might not know about.
>
> For example, Bill Wendling thumbed his nose at Linus' notion that 2.3
> would be a short development-cycle, and created a project plan which
> (compensating for many factors, I'm sure) most accurately represented
> the actual 2.4 release. On January 26, 1999, Bill submitted the winning
> estimated release date for 2.4.0 of January 6, 2001.
>
> Good job, Bill Wendling! We at tummy.com salute you!
>
> While I'm sure Bill needs no more than the adoration of a happy Linux
> community, he also gets a certificate of Project Estimating Skill and/or
> Luck, a free copy of the Open Sound System audio drivers, a nifty VALinux
> Systems polo shirt, a Byte pocket protector, and a subscription to KRUD.
>
> Law enforcement siezed the "Some of what the folks who guessed sometime
> in 2037 are smoking" prize. Sorry.
>
> You could already be a winner. Remember, Bill submitted his winning
> estimate TWO YEARS AGO. The 2.6 kernel pool is already under way...
> Submit your entries at
>
> http://www.tummy.com/kernelpool/
>
> I'd like to thank 4Front Technologies (www.opensound.com), VALinux Systems
> (www.valinux.com), Byte.com, and tummy.com, ltd. for their generous
> prize offerings. If you'd like to contribute a prize to the 2.6 pool,
> please drop me a line at kernelpool-prizes at tummy.com.
>
> The top 15:
>
> Rank Guess Submitted Name
> ==============================================================================
> 1 Jan 6 23:00:00 2001 @ Jan 26 22:38:48 1999 Bill Wendling
> 2 Dec 31 17:00:01 2000 @ Jan 26 20:40:54 1999 Dane Jensen
> 3 Dec 31 17:00:00 2000 @ Jan 26 11:57:42 1999 Chase Phillips
> 4 Dec 31 17:00:00 2000 @ Jan 27 03:53:05 1999 Andres Tarkmeel
> 5 Dec 31 04:59:59 2000 @ Jan 26 15:26:42 1999 Dan
> 6 Dec 26 20:42:12 2000 @ Jan 27 04:14:49 1999 Rolf Cronberg
> 7 Dec 28 10:35:27 2000 @ Jan 5 14:19:22 2000 Roger Thoeni
> 8 Dec 24 17:00:00 2000 @ Jan 26 22:31:46 1999 Mr. Poit "Zorty" Narfman
> 9 Dec 24 07:00:00 2000 @ Jan 31 06:10:45 1999 Jan Tietze
> 10 Dec 24 03:10:00 2000 @ Jan 26 18:42:06 1999 Justin May - DANKWEED
> 11 Jan 18 09:00:00 2001 @ Jan 27 06:59:04 1999 Chris Meadors
> 12 Jan 14 15:00:10 2001 @ Dec 24 06:03:52 1999 Marius Bernklev
> 13 Jan 19 10:00:00 2001 @ Jan 26 10:08:48 1999 Jeffrey S. Sharp
> 14 Jan 20 00:13:20 2001 @ Jan 27 03:51:02 1999 Tim Ricketts
> 15 Dec 20 11:20:15 2000 @ Feb 6 14:04:13 1999 Marcos Juarez Lopez
>
> Note that ranking is weighted by when the vote was made. This means that
> the peole who last week guessed it would be this week are ranked lower than
> the people who last year guessed it would be next week. Say that three
> times fast.
>
> Thanks everyone for participating, and thanks to the Linux community for
> another great kernel.
>
> Happy new millenium,
> Sean
> --
> There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
> -- Everett Dirkson
> Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo at tummy.com>
> tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python
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