[NMLUG] signing off, and shout-outs!

[greg at photon.health.unm.edu (greg b. tafoya)]

Well NMLUG/BSD, its been a good run. This "little server that could" will 
be shutting down in the next couple weeks. It started off as a little P-75 
with a whopping 32Megs RAM and 1.2 gig HD about 7 years ago. It has been a 
great experience, I absolutely have loved tinkering with this and that, 
learning so much along the way.

I want especially thank Don McLaughlin, Dr. Jude Gabaldon and James 
Hamilton for turning me on to Linux and all the fun I've had with it since. 
Dr. McLaughlin turned Jude and I on to slackware for our physical 
chemistry class, and I think we both spent about 2 weeks just trying to 
install it. 
:)

Jude and James opened up a whole other world for me by showing me the 
capability of servers running on this platform, which never ceases to 
amaze me still.

I use only Linux at work and at my home. My contribution for our 
laboratory's last 2 published papers were done using only Open Source 
tools. Much kudos for the open source community, and never stop. 

Also, I should thank University of New Mexico for allowing the bandwith 
and resources that allow for the academic creativity needed by 
researchers. I encourage UNM to continue to allow for this freedom for 
students and faculty alike.

Thank you NMLUG/BSD for the wonderful discussions, insight and brilliance. 
I confess that I did not attend many meetings(maybe like 2), but you 
people are so damn smart you scare me!
:)

peace and kindest regards to all,
greg


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