[NCLUG] Linux 2.4 Kernel Pool Results

[Sean Reifschneider]

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