[Hamara-devel] [Maybe a bit OT] Story of Ping program - somewhat funny story.

[shirish शिरीष]

addition at bottom :-

On 4/13/15, shirish शिरीष <shirishag75 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am always trying to find out funny anecdotes, stories and history
> about various GNU/Linux commands etc.
>
> So found the history of 'PING' command as well a pretty interesting
> take by a reader from Upper Volta, Uzbekistan, March 7, 1999
>
> http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html
>
> You do realize that you have become a nut/weirdo when all
> analogies/life relates to Unix commands you know or vice-versa.
>
> Till later :)

Just so if you couldn't figure out what was funny about it other than
the anologies of ducks to packets and boats to host machine these two
lines would definitely crack you up

" I can't recommend it for most managers, as the technical aspects may
be too overwhelming and the basic concepts too daunting. " - reader
from Upper Volta, Uzbekistan, March 7, 1999

This is very much in tune with most Unix/GNU/Linux old timers as most
managers who used to manage the developers had no clue of what they
were doing and were more often than not seen as glamorous
bean-counters.

Of course, today managers are expected to be a different breed as they
are expected to also be a bit toe-on-toe on what the developers are
doing.

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