Not just publically, either. His venom seeped elsewhere.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 01:02:07AM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
> After the spate of postings from Smitty and Russ, I finally s*bbed to the
> SVLUG list, just to see if it was as bad as all that. I've been on for a
> day or two, and I have yet to see a substantive technical discussion. I
> see a lot of bitching and sniping, and I see a lot of politics (industry
> commentary, etc.). Moen appears to be short and/or ill-tempered in every
> post. Finally the president got on and loudly warned the troublemakers to
> cease and desist.
>
> One of our guys got on (the guy who runs the Sarasota meetings), took
> them to task for such bad manners, and held our list up as a better
> example. ;-} (Yes, the bad word scripts have been removed from the SLUG
> list.)
>
> I don't wonder that Smitty got reamed on that list. With him and Moen in
> the same room together, I'm not sure either one would come out alive.
> Smitty likes to poke at ant hills, and Moen seems to have no patience for
> anyone who has less knowledge or stature than him.
>
> It's interesting-- even on their website you see this same kind of "leave
> me alone!" attitude. One of the pages talks about job offers, and how
> they used to allow them but no more because of yada yada yada. I
> understand the position they're in, with a huge membership in the highest
> technology place on Earth. But it just leaves you with the impression
> that the group's been through hell, and they just don't have time for any
> foolishness anymore. Kind of like a really big bank, where you walk in
> and they just want your money, but don't want to know who you are.
>
> Anyway, it's too bad. SVLUG ought to be the model LUG. Too many incidents
> like the Moen list rants, and you get a soured field. I hope they
> recover.
>
> Paul
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- Isaiah
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