Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 09:01:22 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Today is E-day Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809010859430.342-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <15123.904610108@time.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Everybody, please give a big round of net-applause for John Birrell. > > He has saved our butts on this one. We wouldn't have made it to ELF > > for 3.0 if he hadn't stepped in. The hardest thing in any project > > is to _finish_ it. John B. rose to that challenge and never even > > blinked, as far as I could tell. > > He was a substantial force in jump-starting the ALPHA port as well, > for that matter. All hail John Birrell, champion of stalled causes! :-) > > Seriously, I'd also like to join John in thanking, erm, John for > his efforts. Absolutely. I probably wouldn't have started porting the kernel without being shamed by John's work on the userland. Thanks John! -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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