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Is that his real last name or did he change it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.55.212.188 (talk) 00:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Heh. It's my real last name... --JimGettys (talk) 18:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I heard that the unix command 'getty' is named after him. O_o --207.22.18.183 (talk) 15:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Bufferbloat edit
{{editrequest}} Someone should update my bio to include my work on bufferbloat. Here are the most relevant references to this work at this date.
http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/1/144810-bufferbloat/fulltext http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/2/145415-bufferbloat-whats-wrong-with-the-internet/fulltext
As you will see if you read the discussion with Vint Cerf, bufferbloat is a serious problem.
JimGettys (talk) 18:05, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
- I've moved it to a new section and added a a bit more uptodate wording. Do you think it needs to be expanded further? Suggested wording perhaps. - SimonLyall (talk) 09:35, 23 May 2012 (UTC)