Re: 15 Years ago todayŠ.

["Sholes, Joshua" <Joshua_Sholes () cable comcast com>]

I'm kinda in the same boat as Warren -- I'm 34, and I remember that one of
the first things that I read on the NANOG list (having signed up towards
the end of my first summer internship) was the news of Jon's death.

I'm also with Laurence -- the fact that a lot of younger people said "who"
is an opportunity for instruction, not a reason to abandon memorials.

More importantly, speaking of younger folks on the list, this is a good
reminder to ask yourself:  "What can I do to be the kind of inspirational
figure that Jon was?"  Sure, it's a high bar, but those are worth jumping
for.


-- 
Josh Sholes




On 10/16/13 3:32 AM, "Celeste Anderson" <celestea () usc edu> wrote:

> Rodney, et al.,
>
> Am glad to be an old person who does remember Jon.  If anyone has special
> remembrances of Jon and his contributions to networking, please send to
> me offline.  We are preparing some material to be presented at a tribute
> later this month.
>
> Celeste Anderson
> Director, Los Nettos
> USC-ITS
> celestea () usc edu
> ________________________________________
> From: Rodney Joffe [rjoffe () centergate com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:13 PM
> To: NANOG
> Subject: 15 Years ago todayŠ.
>
> ... we lost Jon.
>
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2468.txt
>
> <sigh>
>
> Given the number of young people in the community who, last year, said
> "Who?", maybe its time to stop the reminders.
>
> This world is *so* different to the way it was. Getting old sucks.