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<H5>Copyright © 1997 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.<br>
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For information regarding copying and distribution of this material see the
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<A HREF="../copying.html">Copying License</A>.</H5>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage22.html#authors">About This Month's Authors</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage22.html#notlinux">Not Linux</a>
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<center><H3> About This Month's Authors </H3></center>
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Larry Ayers</H4>
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Larry Ayers lives on a small farm
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in northern Missouri, where he is currently engaged in building a
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timber-frame house for his family. He operates a portable band-saw mill,
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does general woodworking, plays the fiddle and searches for rare
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prairie plants, as well as growing shiitake mushrooms. He is also
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struggling with configuring a Usenet news server for his local ISP.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Jim Dennis</H4>
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Jim Dennis
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is the proprietor of <A href="http://www.starshine.org">
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Starshine Technical Services</A>.
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His professional experience includes work in the technical
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support, quality assurance, and information services (MIS)
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departments of software companies like
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<A href="http://www.quarterdeck.com"> Quarterdeck</A>,
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<A href="http://www.symantec.com"> Symantec/
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Peter Norton Group</A>, and
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<A href="http://www.mcafee.com"> McAfee Associates</A> -- as well as
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positions (field service rep) with smaller VAR's.
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He's been using Linux since version 0.99p10 and is an active
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participant on an ever-changing list of mailing lists and
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newsgroups. He's just started collaborating on the 2nd Edition
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for a book on Unix systems administration.
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Jim is an avid science fiction fan -- and was
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married at the World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">John M. Fisk</H4>
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John Fisk is most noteworthy as the former editor of the <I>Linux Gazette</I>.
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After three years as a General Surgery resident and
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Research Fellow at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
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John decided to ":hang up the stethoscope":, and pursue a
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career in Medical Information Management. He's currently a full
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time student at the Middle Tennessee State University and hopes
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to complete a graduate degree in Computer Science before
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entering a Medical Informatics Fellowship. In his dwindling
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free time he and his wife Faith enjoy hiking and camping in
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Tennessee's beautiful Great Smoky Mountains. He has been an avid Linux fan,
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since his first Slackware 2.0.0 installation a year and a half
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ago.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Michael J. Hammel</H4>
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Michael J. Hammel,
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is a transient software engineer with a background in
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everything from data communications to GUI development to Interactive Cable
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systems--all based in Unix. His interests outside of computers
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include 5K/10K races, skiing, Thai food and gardening. He suggests if you
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have any serious interest in finding out more about him, you visit his home
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pages at http://www.csn.net/~mjhammel. You'll find out more
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there than you really wanted to know.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif"> Bob Hepple </H4>
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<A HREF="mailto:bhepple@pacific.net.sg">Bob Hepple</A> has been hacking at Unix
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since 1981
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under a variety of excuses and has somehow been paid for it
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at least some of the time. It's allowed him to pursue
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another interest - living in warm, exotic countries
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including Hong Kong, Australia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Lesotho
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and (presently) Singapore. His initial aversion to the cold
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was learned in the UK. Ambition - to stop working for the
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credit card company and taxman and to get a real job - doing
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this, of course!
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<center><H3> Not Linux </H3></center>
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this month's issue!
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I'm very excited to edit the Linux Gazette for October.
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At my last job, where I fixed computers for a big
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company, I was talking with a woman about life in general
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while fixing her computer, and suddenly she blurted:
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"Oh my God! You're really a computer geek!"
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She immediately apologized and explained that she didn't
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mean any offense, even though I had a huge smile on my face
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and was trying to explain that I appreciated the compliment.
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After many experiences like that, working with
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SSC has been a welcome change. And since Linux Gazette is one of
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the places where geeks come home to roost, I'm happy to be a part of it.
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I just came back from the <a href="http://www.systers.org/hopper">
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Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing</a>,
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which was held in San Jose, California this year. To quote Bill and Ted,
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it was totally awesome! I got to meet the illustrious Anita Borg, the
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amazing Ruzena Bajcny, and the inspiring Fran Allen from IBM, as well
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as many many many others who came from all over the country, and from dozens
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of countries from around the world. It was the most incredible even that I have
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ever attended, and I encourage everyone to go to the next one which
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will be in the year 2000.
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Margie Richardson will return next month as Editor-In-Chief, and I'll be helping out on the sidelines. I'm really glad that I got the chance to be the Big Cheese for a month. :) <br>
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Keep sending those articles to <a href="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</a>!
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Until next month, keep reading and keep hacking!
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Viktorie Navratilova<br>
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Editor, <i>Linux Gazette</i> <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</a>
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<I>Linux Gazette</I> Issue 22, October 1997, http://www.ssc.com/lg/<BR>
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This page written and maintained by the Editor of <I>Linux Gazette</I>,
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<A HREF="mailto: gazette@ssc.com"> gazette@ssc.com</A>
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