[TUHS] End of an era: the last ATC (USENIX Annual Technical Conference)

[Larry McVoy]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 03:47:38PM -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 12:19???PM Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I couldn't agree more.  Starting with Dennis, everyone has been willing
> > to share knowledge.  I have a memory of Dennis having "handlers" at
> > Usenix so one person wouldn't eat up all of his time.
> >
> That was not true, as much as the community might have intervened if we
> thought somebody was a little out of line.* i.e.*, we might have been
> protective of him. Dennis was really too nice to have said anything.

Don't know what to say, Clem, we normally agree on everything.  But I'm
not making it up, I was there, waiting to talk to Dennis, someone else
was talking to him and at some point someone intervened and moved the
guy on.  Maybe it was a one time thing, I dunno?  Seemed like it wasn't
the handler's first time doing that.

Water under the bridge though.
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Larry McVoy           Retired to fishing          http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat