From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rationalise email address: Network Specific Parts
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:48:09 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0810130746560.3288@nehalem.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081013141209.7cea1ccd@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> And there are multiple Alan Cox's working on Linux related projects even
> if not currently the kernel. I've met two...
You should just get a real name, not that "John Smith" crud. Something
_manly_. Something unique. Something strong. Something that tells you that
you're not just another clone.
Something like "Linus Torvalds". Except not exactly.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-13 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-13 9:54 Alan Cox
2008-10-13 10:06 ` David Miller
2008-10-13 10:53 ` Pekka Savola
2008-10-13 13:12 ` Alan Cox
2008-10-13 14:24 ` Xavier Bestel
2008-10-13 14:36 ` Américo Wang
2008-10-13 14:48 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2008-10-14 2:01 ` David Miller
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