[Sderby] Firdays meeting

[Mini Mike]

Give me a break!  I'm still struggleing getting used to being able to mea=
sure=20
time in decades!!!

On Monday 04 November 2002 23:07, David Bottrill wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 11:58, Jak wrote:
> > Apologies to all involved for our absence on Friday...
>
> As ever the beer was as excellent as the company, I won't mention the
> sad (young) git who needs converting from Lager to real ale!!
>
> > Various boxen at the ISP deciding to die screaming on Friday night - =
of
> > course AFTER the hours drive back from work...
> >
> > Guess which operating system these boxes WEREN'T running ;-)
>
> You have my sympathies, what can I say!!
>
> > Did everybody spot this already?
> >
> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59197-2002Nov2.html
> >
> > Think it's on Slashdot, so I bet you lot have already seen it - but j=
ust
> > in case...
>
> We live in interesting times, in the two or three years I have been
> playing with and later using Linux, I have seen vast improvements with
> each new version; Kernel, Desktop and Apps. Lets hope this growing
> interest and awareness spills over to the guys and gals who spend long
> hours slaving over a hot keyboard to work their magic. And those of us
> who are past the or never even reached the heady heights of programming
> can still do our bit by promoting the Operating system of choice.
>
> David Bottrill
>
> PS
> When's the next Sunday meeting, I've lost count.
>
>
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