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"most cert advisories" citations

the only references I can find for the "most cert advisories" statement come from Paul himself. Here is one from the nanog archives [1] --Luke S. Crawford 01:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC). i suspect that sendmail was pretty competitive. though this is maybe a competition one does not wish to win.[reply]

unibrow = vandalism?

Why is it considered vandalism? I consider it a sign of respect the to promote the contiguous hair region worn by Paul Vixie. If he felt it was something that was not beneficial to his image, then he wouldn't wear it. Paul Vixie identifies with the unibrow, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. If you google his name, you will see that he even posts a caricature of him with his unibrow. I beg users to reconsider, as if users start believing that declaring someone has a unibrow is a form of humiliation, then we will start seeing the extinction of this facial characteristic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.179.208.36 (talk) 16:50, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Father of BIND"

After this news article referred to Vixie as the "father of BIND" there was pretty strong reaction on the NANOG list, to the effect that while Vixie played a vital role in BIND's later development, he was by no means its progenitor.[2] It has been suggested that this wikipedia article might have been the source for the claim and should be amended.[3] Wwwhatsup (talk) 05:50, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Realizations"

What does the heading "Realizations" actually mean? It is at least very misleading - many readers will assume that Vixie is the original author of BIND and sendmail. Of course he has played an important role in the later development of BIND but he didn't originate it, and as for sendmail, I would guess that the first version was written before Vixie learned to program. I suggest that the section "Realizations" be removed completely. Mention of his important contributions to these programs could be made in the "Career" section. That conforms to the pattern of bios of other computer scientists on Wikipedia. Sayitclearly (talk) 09:35, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]