Re: Who is your favourite electronics guru?



Michael Black wrote:
Fred Bloggs (nospam@xxxxxxxxxx) writes:

Tony Burch wrote:

Hi all,

I was just pondering the idea of "gurus" & I thought the following questions may hopefully make some interesting & entertaining discussion.

Including people in this newsgroup & others working in the field, whom do you consider to be the present-day "gurus" in electronics? ...I mean the people who are well known, are inspirational & highly respected for their work & contributions in this field.

Who is your favourite guru & why?

:) Tony




Guru is a bs pop expression, as is the idea that there should be a favorite. There is a host of people well-known for outstanding work as well as pronounced communication abilities. When they write, we read, and when they publish, we buy.



Actually no. It's a sanskrit word, and the concept is common to a
number of eastern religions. One could indeed think of a guru as a guide,
though that's simplistic.

Obivously, there is one name that immediately comes to mind for this,
since he has outright used the term to refer to himself. I'm not
sure it doesn't apply.

Michael


True- but guru has that "spirituality" nonsense associated with it, and that has nothing to do with engineering, the application of science, with science historically being the arch rival of religion. So I don't like the mix. You can find a bunch of self-styled gurus at http://www.guru.com -even engineers.

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