[unqueued]

John, at around that time you mentioned, you gifted me with my first shell account on one of your coffeshop servers, Reva. I just wanted to say THANK YOU. Up until then, I had read books about unix from the library, and had failed to install Mandrake on my laptop, but being able to access such a well configured NetBSD environment was really helpful and set me on a good path.

I had never been truant from school before up to that point, but sometimes life rewards you for taking risks.

[johnklos]

This made me smile :D

You know, I'm still running servers with many of the same accounts that were there twenty years ago. Your home may still be on one (with the password disabled, obviously). Write me directly and let's see!

My email address is my first name @ my last name dot com, and my handle here is my full name.

[dtaht]

Linux was good for me too, I escaped SCO and then dodged the bullet of NT.

It was so nice to switch from being tied to wires, to many hours with table service at local coffee shops in santa cruz like the Perg, and 420 union, in Santa Cruz. Sadly, both are gone now....