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<H1><IMG SRC="../gx/backpage.gif" alt="Linux Gazette Back Page"></H1>
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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_backpage23.html#authors">About This Month's Authors</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage23.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">Wayde Allen</H4>
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Wayde Allen is an Electrical Engineer involved with the maintenance and
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development of the U.S. primary rf power standards at the National
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Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He has been using Linux
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as his primary computing platform for about three years, and was
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instrumental in the formation of the Boulder Linux Users Group.
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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">André D. Balsa</H4>
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André Balsa lives in France, 80 miles south of Lyon. He currently runs
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a small Internet consulting business. When not busy exploring Linux
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performance issues, Andrew likes to spend his time with his 1-year old
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daughter, or else try different French recipes on his friends.
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He also helped set up the Linux Benchmarking Project pages at
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<A HREF="http://www.tux.org/bench/">http://www.tux.org/bench/</A>.
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and a web site at <A HREF="http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix">
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http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix</A>,
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about the use of Cyrix 6x86 processors with Linux,
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which has had more than 9,000 visitors in less than two months uptime.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Chris Baron</H4>
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Chris is employeed as IBM Mainframe COBOL Programmer at Lockheed-Martin
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in Sunnyvale, California. His e-mail is <a
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href="mailto:h.c.mason@lmco.com">h.c.mason@lmco.com</a>.
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He works as an IBM Mainframe COBOL Programmer and use an Application
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under linux called x3270. Perhaps others might be interested
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in using this program because IBM 3270 terminals are hard to come by.
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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">Carlie Fairchild</H4>
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Carlie Fairchild is an Advertising Representative and Marketing expert for
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<I>Linux Journal</I>.
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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">Mike List </H4>
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Mike List is a father of four teenagers, musician, printer (not
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laserjet), and recently reformed technophobe, who has been into computers
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since April,1996, and Linux since July.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Giampaolo Montaletti</H4>
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The old Monty is living in Italy and is a 36 years old guy, working as an
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economist at the <a href="http://www.rer.camcom.it">Regional association
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of the Chamber of Commerce</a> in Bologna (do you know Rimini?).
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The old Monty is manager for many projects involving networks,
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intranets, electronic commerce and so on, many of them granted by European
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and national foundations. He like to eat, drink red wine and apple
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distilled calvados.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Jesper Pedersen</H4>
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Jesper Pedersen lives in Odense, Denmark, where he has studied computer science
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at Odense University since 1990. He expects to obtain his degree in a year and
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a half. He has a great job as a system manager at the
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university, and also teaches computer science two hours a week. He is very
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proud of his "child," The Dotfile Generator, which he wrote as part of his
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job at the university. The idea for it came a year and a half ago, when he had
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to learn how to configure Emacs by reading about 700 pages of the lisp manual.
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It started small, but as time went by, it expanded into a huge project.
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In his spare time, he does Yiu-Yitsu, listens to music, drinks beer and has fun with
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his girl friend. He loves pets, and has a 200 litre aquarium and two very cute
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rabbits.
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<center><H3> Not Linux </H3></center>
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Thanks to all our authors, not just the ones above, but also those who wrote
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giving us their tips and tricks and making suggestions. Thanks also to our
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new mirror sites.
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<IMG ALIGN=bottom ALT="" SRC="../gx/rose.gif">
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While I'm passing out thanks I must include Amy Kukuk and Margie
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Richardson,
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who have done much of the work to get this issue out. Margie has been
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working hard to get me up to speed on this task, but I've still a ways to
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go. My professional background has been in the oil business as a
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geophysicist, where I usually worked on dumb terminals connected to IBM
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mainframes or Digital minicomputers. At home I've been a Macintosh man for
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many years, so learning Linux/Unix, vi and HTML all at once has been, shall
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we say, exciting.
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As Margie has indicated in the past, we share a passion for the outdoors
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which we satisfy via camping and motorcycling. With winter close upon us now my
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adult son, Keith, and I will likely turn to cross country skiing in favor
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of motorcycling. Although I've not done so lately, I also fly as a private
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pilot and am rated for both single engine land and sea planes.
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<IMG ALIGN=right ALT="Turkey" SRC="./gx/turkey.gif">
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This last week of the month of November Margie and I indulged in that most American of
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pastimes--eating too much at the Thanksgiving table. We split cooking duties
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with my sister, Roxanne, who also hosted. The afternoon was grand, the
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food great, and we even came home with enough leftover turkey meat
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for several days worth of sandwiches.
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As a final note, Margie and I will be out of town for the Christmas
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holidays, so expect the next issue of <i>Linux Gazette</i> to be a little
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late coming out.
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Have fun!
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<P> <hr> <P>
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Riley P. Richardson<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 23, December 1997, <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/">http://www.linuxgazette.com/</A><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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