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<H2><A NAME="s12">12. Acknowledgements.</A></H2>
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<P>This is the best opportunity I've ever had to thank so <EM>many</EM> people
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I feel grateful to. So, I'm afraid this is going to be a large section... It
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is, in any case, the most important one of this paper (for me, at least...).
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<P>First, I want to thank Elena Apolinario Fernández de Sousa (yes, Elena is
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the first name; the REST is THE surname ;-) ). I tried to reflect
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in this Howto all the knowledge I collected while working with her in connecting
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our Department to the MBone and debugging problems with locally generated
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CSCW software across multicast tunnels. She was of invaluable help in
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finding and correcting network problems, discovering and fixing kernel bugs
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that puzzled us for days, ... and keeping the sense of humor alive while
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problems appeared and appeared, but solutions didn't. She also read and
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corrected the drafts for this document and provided important ideas and
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suggestions. If this howto is here and is usefull for somebody, it will be,
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in many aspects, thanks to her. Thanks, Elena!
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<P>There is something I have been lucky enough to find all my (still-not-too-long)
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live, but, despite being repetitive, has never stopped amazing me.
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I'm talking about people that altruistically employ part of their time
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and/or resources to help other people learn new things; and, what is better,
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they enjoy doing it. This is not only (but also, too) explain things they
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already know, but lend their books, provide access to their sources and
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facilitate you the way to learn all things they know; sometimes, even
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more... I know quite a few of that people, and I'd like to thank them for
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all their help.
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<P>Pablo Basterrechea was my "first source of documentation" while I was in
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my pre-Internet stage. I learned assembly and advanced structured programming
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entirely from his books (well, the latter also from his programs...).
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Thanks for all, Pablo.
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<P>In my first course at the University that "primary source of documentation"
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moved to Pepe Mañas. He was teaching then Computer Programming there, and
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soon I became addict to his bookshelf. He lent me his books lots of times
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without asking for a minimum sign that could assure that I was going
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to return them back to him, not even my name! My first approach to TCP/IP
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was also by his hand: he lent me Comer's "Internetworking with TCP/IP,
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Volume 1" for the whole summer. He did not even know my name by then,
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but he lent me the book...
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That book influenced me a lot, and TCP/IP has become one of my primary
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fields of interest since that summer.
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<P>If there are two persons I must thank most, these are (in alphabetic
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order ;-) ), José Manuel and Paco Moya. Nobody I asked more things more
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times (C, C++, Linux, security, Web, OSs, signals & systems,
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electronics, ... anything!) and, despite my persistence, I always got throughly
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and friendly responses and help. If I'm using GNU/Linux now, this is, again,
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thanks to them. I feel particularly lucky with friends like them. THANKS.
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<P>Iñigo Mascaraque also helped (from him I got my first System Administration
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book) and encouraged me in my beginnings, but never stopped reminding me
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that, although this was a fascinating world and an important part of my
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career, I should not forget the other, less-interesting, parts. (I don't
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forget, I$!).
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<P>As I am on the topic, I'd like to thank my parents, too. They always
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tried to make the best opportunities available for me. Many thanks for
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all.
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<P>I also feel grateful to Joaquín Seoane, the first who trusted me enough
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to give me a root password in the time I was learning system administration
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by myself, and Santiago Pavón, the one who gave me my first opportunity
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here at DIT.
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<P>W. Richard Stevens' books have been a real revelation for me (it's a pity
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they are so expensive...). If he ever reads this paper, I'd like to thank
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him for them, and encourage him to keep on writing. Anything that comes
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out of his hands will -undoubtedly- be good for all of us.
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<P>Finally I'd like to thank Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox and
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all contributors to the Linux kernel and the free software in general,
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for giving us such a great OS.
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<P>I'm sure I'm forgetting someone here... Sorry. I'm certain they know I'm
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grateful to them too, so if they tell me, everybody will know it... :-)
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