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

[Vikas Tara]

On 12/04/15 20:07, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> 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 :)
Learn something new every day - I always thought ping was named after 
ping pong!
> 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.
For sure - I don't think you can manage a technical team without a deep 
understanding of technology.