Amen - I would add that Mr. Vixie hasn't helped matters either.
Bill
PS - Where is J. Flemming when you need him anyway, I want to get back to good
old fashioned trolling
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Response to complaint from Dean Anderson (fwd)
> From: "Gene Gaines" <gene.gaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, June 22, 2004 6:24 pm
> To: ietf@xxxxxxxx
>
> Enough.
>
> The Dean Anderson fiasco has continued long enough.
>
> This is a formal request that Anderson be asked to
> cease the off-topic diatribes about a problem that
> I view as of his own making.
>
> The IETF should have no legal or moral obligation
> to accede to his demands, nor should any individual
> associated with IETF activities.
>
> His negative diatribes and threats do damage to the
> IETF. It is important he cease or be banned from
> IETF lists.
>
> I have not met Mr. Anderson, but remember him quite
> well from past correspondence lists such as:
>
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>
> To: Yakov Shafranovich <research@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: ICANN asks Verisign to shutdown SiteFinder
> in 48 hours
> From: Dean Anderson <dean@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 17:12:02 -0400 (EDT)
> Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx
> In-reply-to: <3F7DA063.6020409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sender: owner-ietf@xxxxxxxx
>
> I see that Verisign is complying while they "review their
> options".
>
> Well, hopefully they are having their lawyers go over their
> contracts to see if ICANN can claim it is in breach of any
> contract. It would seem that they can't, having not complained
> about other registries, and having not substantiated any adverse
> effects to the internet. It will take some time to go through
> each claim and offer a substantial proof that it is wrong. It
> will be interesting to see what the lawyers say.
>
> It was really to bad that they gave the "angry scientists and
> engineers" as much credit as they did. This angry group is
> basically the same bunch of Verisign bashers that have been
> whining about Verisign or Network Solutions for many years, when
> there are other registries that are much more deserving of
> criticism. Calling them scientists and engineers gives too much
> credit because real scientists and engineers deal in facts. I
> would use another term.
>
> I for one hope that SiteFinder will come back, and I wish
> Verisign good luck.
>
> --Dean
>
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>
> Gene Gaines
> gene.gaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sterling, Virginia
>
> On Tuesday, June 22, 2004, 4:22:49 PM, Dean wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:43:23 EDT, Dean Anderson said:
> >>
> >> > Mr. Vixie's obvious malice for Av8 Internet is plain to see,
> >>
> >> As is the fact that the feelings appear to be mutual....
>
> > One never appreciates being publicly disparaged, defamed, or
> harrassed,
> > but it is incorrect to assume that just because I have been attacked,
> that
> > I harbor malice for that person. Rather, I feel sorry for someone who
> is
> > presumably in his 40's and resorts to name-calling. Such
> unsocialization
> > or immaturity must be debilitating. I pray for them. This does not
> mean
> > that I will silently accept such treatment, nor does it mean I will
> not
> > assert my rights and privileges to object to such treatment.
>
> > Besids Mr. Vixie's on-list comments, there is his involvement in the
> > defamatory and misleading statements about Av8 Internet's IP address
> > space. Long ago, and for other reasons, I came to believe that
> defamation
> > results in a short term loss for the defamed and a short term gain
> for the
> > defamer, but a long term gain for the defamed and a long term loss
> for the
> > defamer. Lies are always exposed as lies and liars are always
> exposed as
> > liars. This is particularly appropriate as the UN meets today to
> discuss
> > anti-semitism, which is also spread by defamation. The defamed may
> be
> > saddened and harmed while being defamed, but have solace in the fact
> that
> > history will eventually right the wrong: It always has. It always
> will.
> > This doesn't mean one should be complacent. Everyone should stand up
> to
> > stop defamation.
>
> > I have made efforts to make my criticisms professional and accurate,
> and
> > not to allow myself to degenerate into name-calling. Persons who
> behave
> > badly and call other people names deserve criticism. While everyone
> may
> > be fallible from time to time in overheated discussion, some people
> seem
> > to have no control or compuction whatsoever. I have tried to make
> sure
> > that my criticisms meet the standard of cool and detached
> professionalism.
> > Mr. Vixie's comments ("loons", "trolls", "dv8", "least technical
> person on
> > the list" do not meet that standard.
>
> > But I note that you have not amoung those who have posted messages
> calling
> > for Mr. Vixie to "take a break" before calling other people names.
> Is it
> > that you have become accustomed to his behavior or do you hold me to
> a
> > different standard?
>
> >> > services to customers. However, it is unclear what Mr. Vixie's
> expertise
> >> > is actually in, other than name-calling, and making disparaging
> >> > alterations on another companies trademarks. I have seen little
> else.
> >>
> >> Pot. Kettle. Black.
>
> > Not exactly. Questioning someone's expertise is quite a bit
> different
> > than declaring someone else to be "the least technical person on the
> > list". I did the former, Mr. Vixie did the latter. The former is
> > reasonable and appropriate, the latter isn't.
>
> > Questioning Mr. Vixie's expertise is not unreasonable nor
> inappropriate in
> > the light of his last several disparaging remarks not only about
> myself
> > and subsequently my company, and also Mr. Vixies inappropriate
> > name-calling of other people. I note that the Chair has also failed
> to
> > chastise these other inappropriate comments by Mr. Vixie.
>
> > I am aware of Mr. Vixie's past involvement in DNS and his operation
> of a
> > Root nameserver, yet just recently he diverted attention from
> genuine
> > questions raised by several people about Root Anycast to a personal
> attack
> > on several of the participants. This does not seem to be appropriate
> for
> > a trusted person in DNS or Root server operations, and leads to
> questions
> > about professionalism, responsibility, maturity, and and ultimately,
> trust
> > in his expertise in that area. The name-calling raises further
> questions
> > about whether we can trust Mr. Vixie's assurances. This is also not
> a
> > personal attack: Such questions are valid, have been raised by
> several
> > people, and have gone unanswered except for name-calling.
>
>
> > Dean Anderson
> > Av8 Internet, Inc
>
>
> > ===================
>
> > Date: 19 May 2004 22:16:36 +0000
> > From: Paul Vixie <vixie@xxxxxxx>
> > To: ietf@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Root Anycast
>
> > there are two things that i think it's important that everybody
> > understand.
>
> > first, anyone who posts from roll accounts like "info@xxxxxxxx
> (jfcm)"
> > tends to be dismissed as a troll.
>
> > second, anyone who seriously uses the term "legacy DNS root" tends to
> be
> > dismissed as a loon.
>
> > i now return control of your television set to the loons and
> trolls...
>
>
> --
>
>
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