[NCLUG] Linux 2.4 Kernel Pool Results

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Nice work on being slashdotted :-)

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/08/0024234&mode=thread

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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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