RE: 15 Years ago todayŠ.

Wed Oct 16 13:30:53 UTC 2013

Well said, Josh!  I second that sentiment, and something about standing on the shoulders of those giants who came before us is resonating.

Regards,
Timothy Shortall
Assistant Director, Network Infrastructure and Services
Division of Information Technology
University of Maryland at College Park
(301) 405-2994
tshortal at umd.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Sholes, Joshua [mailto:Joshua_Sholes at cable.comcast.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:25 AM
To: NANOG
Subject: Re: 15 Years ago todayŠ.

I'm kinda in the same boat as Warren -- I'm 34, and I remember that one of
the first things that I read on the NANOG list (having signed up towards
the end of my first summer internship) was the news of Jon's death.

I'm also with Laurence -- the fact that a lot of younger people said "who"
is an opportunity for instruction, not a reason to abandon memorials.

More importantly, speaking of younger folks on the list, this is a good
reminder to ask yourself:  "What can I do to be the kind of inspirational
figure that Jon was?"  Sure, it's a high bar, but those are worth jumping
for.

-- 
Josh Sholes

On 10/16/13 3:32 AM, "Celeste Anderson" <celestea at usc.edu> wrote:

>Rodney, et al.,
>
>Am glad to be an old person who does remember Jon.  If anyone has special
>remembrances of Jon and his contributions to networking, please send to
>me offline.  We are preparing some material to be presented at a tribute
>later this month.
>
>Celeste Anderson
>Director, Los Nettos
>USC-ITS
>celestea at usc.edu
>________________________________________
>From: Rodney Joffe [rjoffe at centergate.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:13 PM
>To: NANOG
>Subject: 15 Years ago todayŠ.
>
>... we lost Jon.
>
>http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2468.txt
>
><sigh>
>
>Given the number of young people in the community who, last year, said
>"Who?", maybe its time to stop the reminders.
>
>This world is *so* different to the way it was. Getting old sucks.
>
>
>