Talk:Jon Hall (programmer)

After attending a conference he held at Drexel University on behalf of the College of Arts and Sciences, he explained why he was given his nickname of "Maddog". I am hesitant to post the official reason, as I only caught the last half of the conversation, and don't have sufficient data, however, his name was not given to him by students.

A former employer, who was British, described him as a mad dog, after his rather overwhelming reaction to another "specialist" who was called to repair a main UNIX terminal. He bagan to repair this machine by opening the manual to page one, and reading. Hall was infuriated that the administration would pay this person a large quantity of money per hour to start reading on page one (the thank you for purchasing page); especially when he had the technical ability to resolve the problem, but not the administrative access. He 'removed' the person from the terminal and vocalized his opinion.

The reasons for hesitation are: I cannot confirm his sincerity in this matter (could be a joke); cannot confirm the location, nor persons involved.

Any input would be appreciated.