[CentOS] OT: mostly gone
Valeri Galtsev
galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu
Fri Aug 23 18:29:58 UTC 2019
On 2019-08-23 07:19, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>
> On 8/20/19 9:33 AM, mark wrote:
>> Hi, folks,
>>
>> Well, it's ten years that I've been on this list, right when I
>> started
>> this job. But, it's time to move on... I'm retiring. (Yeah, that old.)
>
> I plan on going one more year to hit 70. Working on a contract that
> should carry me through with some interesting work.
>
>> So, though I'll be part time for a few months, and running CentOS at
>> home (in spite of my manager's pushing me to do Ubuntu). This list is
>> *so* much more useful than any of the ones I've seen for Ubuntu, or
>> much else.
>
> I guess I made the 'right' decision back when CentOS was spun up. In
> fact it took me until Fedora 6 (I think 6, as I have some old notes
> about it) came out to switch my notebook off CentOS to Fedora.
>
>> I'm very much looking forward to C 8.
>
> I really need to look at what the pluses are.
>
>> One more thing: I know I've been over the top on ethics "I work for a
>> US federal contractor, but not saying more", even though there's folks
>> like Todd, who's military. Anyway, now that I'm out, today, my line (in
>> person) was, "I'm with the federal goverment, and I'm here to help
>> you." Then, after they ask if I'll have to kill them, I can say, no:
>> I've been with the NIH, and so, yes, I really meant it.
>
> I am working on a subcontract with US gov agency that the work will as
> be to help. Talks, though have been dragging on, and the agency wants
> to issue initial rule making all to soon.
>
>> I'll show up occasionally, but not like I have been.
>
> Looking forward to seeing a more laid back Mark around!
>
>> So long, and thanks for all the fish.
>
> And just before global warming cooks them all (problems with Salmon up
> in Alaska).
Global warming was just a misspelling. It was supposed to be something
about worms.
Valeri
>
> Great to hear about the start of new things for you!
>
> Bob
>
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