[36431] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Thu Apr 5 02:10:09 2001
Date: 4 Apr 2001 22:59:38 -0700
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To: stuart@mfnx.net
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, 04 April 2001, Stephen Stuart wrote:
> smd@clock.org (Hi, Sean) said:
>
> > P.S.: Isn't it cool that none of us is using an address which in any
> > way informs a person who didn't already know, who it is that we
> > work for?
>
> The thing I thought on reading that was that it was further evidence
> that you (me, everyody) should be conservative in that you send, and
> liberal in what you receive. The comment illustrates (to me, I'm not
> trying to put words in Sean's mouth here) that, in an industry as
> small as ours, you should exercise caution in dealing with people;
> someone working at a startup with a DSL connection to the net today
> could very well be an influential person at a global provider or
> vendor on which you depend tomorrow. The person you flame tonight
> might be the person you need to help you solve a problem tomorrow.
I flamed the White House in the Washington Post once.
You'll notice I don't post from my employer's account anymore :-)
