Re: 15 Years ago todayŠ.

Wed Oct 16 13:24:52 UTC 2013

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.
>
>
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