Re: NANOG

[bob_metcalfe () infoworld com (Bob Metcalfe)]

Dear Mr. Huegen,

Must say your below email about me was very upsetting.

What EXACTLY was "rubbish" in my recent InfoWorld column about NANOG etc?

/Bob Metcalfe

PS: You're confusing me with the other Bob Metcalfe, the one who writes
about hog prices.

At 8:44 AM 4/4/96, Craig A. Huegen wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:30:25 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Craig A. Huegen" <c-huegen () quad quadrunner com>
> To: Jeremy Porter <jerry () fc net>
> cc: Bob Metcalfe <bob_metcalfe () infoworld com>, jerry () fc net,
>        letters () infoworld com, nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: NANOG
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> On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Jeremy Porter wrote:
>
> > As top the top 100 cheief engineers, assuming for a moment that 100
> > number is something more than a number I pulled out of thin air., With
> > your comments to Nanog you are probably addressing half.
>
> Bob Metcalfe is just another example of a computer journalist caught up
> in the buzzwords of the current technology.  It's sad to see such rubbish
> in news, but hey, it's how they make the money.  It's very disappointing
> that he attempts to DEFEND his cluelessness against some of the BEST in
> the industry.
>
> Bob, I recommend you go back to covering hog prices for the local paper.
>
> /cah


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Dr. Robert M. ("Bob") Metcalfe
Executive Correspondent, InfoWorld and
VP Technology, International Data Group

Internet Messages: bob_metcalfe () infoworld com
Voice Messages: 617-534-1215

Conference Chairman for
ACM97: The Next 50 Years of Computing
San Jose Convention Center
March 1-5, 1997
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