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<H4>Published by <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/"><I>Linux Journal</I></A></H4>
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<H1><font color="maroon">The Back Page</font></H1>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage41.html#authors">About This Month's Authors</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_backpage41.html#notlinux">Not Linux</a>
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Larry Ayers</H4>
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Larry 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 is the proprietor of <A href="http://www.starshine.org">
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Starshine Technical Services</A> and is now working for <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxcare.com/">LinuxCare</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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Quarterdeck, Symantec/Peter Norton Group and
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McAfee Associates -- 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">Michael J. Hammel</H4>
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A Computer Science graduate of Texas Tech University, Michael J. Hammel,
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mjhammel@graphics-muse.org, is an software developer specializing in X/Motif
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living in Dallas, Texas (but calls Boulder, CO home for some reason).
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His background includes everything from data
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communications to GUI development to Interactive Cable systems, all based in
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Unix. He has worked for companies such as Nortel, Dell Computer, and
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Xi Graphics.
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Michael writes the monthly Graphics Muse column in the Linux Gazette,
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maintains the Graphics Muse Web site and theLinux Graphics mini-Howto, helps
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administer the Internet Ray Tracing Competition (http://irtc.org) and
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recently completed work on his new book "The Artist's Guide to the Gimp",
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published by SSC, Inc. His outside interests include running, basketball,
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Thai food, gardening, and dogs.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Ron Jenkins</H4>
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Ron has more than 20 years experience in the RF/Satellite Communications
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and Networking Industry. He divides his time between his Ozark homeland
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and the "nasty stankin' city." I change this thing every time just to see
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if anyone notices. ;-)
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Christopher Lopes</H4>
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Chris is a computer science major in his senior year at Eastern Washington
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University.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Mark Nielsen</H4>
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Mark founded The Computer Underground, Inc. in June of 1998. Since then,
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he has been working on Linux solutions for his customers ranging from custom
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computer hardware sales to programming and networking. Mark specializes in Perl,
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SQL, and HTML programming along with Beowulf clusters. Mark believes in the
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concept of contributing back to the Linux community which helped to start his
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company. Mark and his employees are always looking for exciting projects to do.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Eric S. Raymond</H4>
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Eric is a semi-regular contributor to <i>Linux Journal</i>. You
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can find more of his writings, including his paper ``The Cathedral and
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the Bazaar'', at http://www.ccil.org/~esr/.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Doc Searls</H4>
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Doc is the Sr. Editor at <I>Linux Journal</I>.
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He has been writing on technology and other issues for most of his life, but
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resists learning vi.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Richard Sevenich</H4>
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Richard is a Professor of computer science at Eastern
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Washington University in Cheney, WA. He is also a part-time ski
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patroller at Schweitzer Mountain near Sandpoint, Idaho. His computer
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science interests include Fuzzy Logic, Application-Specific Languages
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and Parallel, Distributed, Real-time Industrial Control. He is an
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enthusiastic user of Debian/GNU Linux.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">Thomas Smyth</H4>
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Thomas works for the state electricity utility ESKOM in Cape Town, South Africa
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as a Support Engineer. He have used Turbo Pascal for many years, and more
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recently Delphi. He started learning Red Hat Linux 5.1 after hearing about
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the stability and features of Linux. He is now on a steep UNIX learning
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curve, reading the various HOWTO's, Guides and Man pages whenever he has
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a spare moment.
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<H4><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/note.gif">James Rogers</H4>
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James and Shala Rogers live on the Olympic Peninsula in the middle of
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nowhere. James is a systems programmer for the University of Washington
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Medical Centers, Harborview Medical Centers and the University of
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Washington Physicians Network. He is a Health Level 7 Interface
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programmer who is currently writing a GNU licensed HL7 interface. These
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interfaces allow approximately 40 medical computer systems to
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communicate with each other across the entire Seattle Metropolitan area.
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">Not Linux</font></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="left" src="../gx/rose.gif">
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The time has come for me to again pass on the reins of <I>Linux Gazette</I>.
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I need my weekends back for sanity. I have enjoyed doing <I>LG</I> and will
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miss it. You can bet that I will still be keeping an eye on things as
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overseer.
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SSC hired Mike Orr as webmaster in April and he will be taking over <I>LG</I>
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with the next issue.
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Have fun!
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<A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/ssc/Employees/Margie/margie.html">
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Marjorie L. Richardson</A> <br>
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Editor, <A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/"><i>Linux Gazette</i></A>, <A
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HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</a>
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<I>Linux Gazette</I> Issue 41, May 1999,
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<A 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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<H5>Copyright © 1999 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.</H5><br>
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